Mr O'neil: "It is better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all." Just what IS Lord Tennyson talking about. Brittany?
Brittany: Uhhm... love?
Mr O'neil: And what else. Daria?
Daria: Well, he's acknowledging that if something makes you feel good, like being in love, there must be a corrosponding painful side like losing in love. It's just a fact of life.
Mr. O'neil: Sad, but true.
Daria: And what's intriguing about it is that no one calls Tennyson a big unhappyness freak just because he understands that.
Mr O'neil: IS he a big unhappyness... freak?
Daria: No, he's a realist. He says emotional involvment can bring pleasure AND extraordinary pain. Then he declares that it's still better then never feeling anything at all.
Brittany: Uhhm... love?
Mr O'neil: And what else. Daria?
Daria: Well, he's acknowledging that if something makes you feel good, like being in love, there must be a corrosponding painful side like losing in love. It's just a fact of life.
Mr. O'neil: Sad, but true.
Daria: And what's intriguing about it is that no one calls Tennyson a big unhappyness freak just because he understands that.
Mr O'neil: IS he a big unhappyness... freak?
Daria: No, he's a realist. He says emotional involvment can bring pleasure AND extraordinary pain. Then he declares that it's still better then never feeling anything at all.
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