GK Chesterton

My acceptance of the universe is not optimism, it is more like patriotism. It is a matter of primary loyalty. The world is not a dorm room with a roomate we can move out on because it is miserable. It is the fortress of our family, with the flag flying on the turret, and the more miserable it is the less we should leave it. The point is not that this world is too sad to love or to glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing; its gladness is a reason for loving it, its sadness a reason for loving it more.