Daria1997

Mr. O'Neill:
"It is better to have loved and lost, then never to have loved at all." Just what is Lord Tennyson talking about? Brittany?

Brittany:
Um, love?

Mr. O'Neill:
Anyone else? Daria?

Daria:
Well, he's acknowledging that if something makes you feel good, like being in love, there must be a corresponding painful side, like losing a love, and that it's just a fact of life.

Mr. O'Neill:
Sad, but true.

Daria:
And what's intriguing about it is that no one calls Tennyson a big unhappiness freak just because he understands that.

Mr. O'Neill:
Is he a big unhappiness freak?

Daria:
No, he's a realist. He says, "Emotional involvement brings pleasure and extraordinary pain." Then he declares that it's better than feeling nothing at all.

Mr. O'Neill:
That is excellent, Daria.

Daria:
Of course, this was before the advent of community property laws.