Andrew Soloman, ?The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression?, on his belief that grief is profoundly important for the human cond

I believe that its most important function is in the formation of attachment. If we did not suffer enough loss to fear it, we could not love intensely.

• Andrew Soloman, ?The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression?, on his belief that grief is profoundly important for the human cond