->''"So much of the anime we love is shrouded in [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and nihilistic themes]], not to mention [[RuderAndCruder crude]] and [[HotterAndSexier sexually explicit]] content, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids even ones aimed at kids.]] [...] Don't get me wrong, I love me a good revenge story or a gruesome battle scene, [...] but does it have to be so depressing all the time?"''
-->-- An Angel Studios ad promoting the upcoming show, Gabriel and the Guardians.

->''"In today's world, in today's media [[BreadAndCircuses climate designed to foster the fear our leaders like us to feel because it makes us easier to push around]]. In a world where [[IWantToBeARealMan limp, wimpy men are forced to talk tough and act]] 'badass' [[MilesGloriosus even though we all know they're shitting it inside]]. In a world where [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism the measure of our moral strength]] has come to lie [[BloodierAndGorier in the extremity of the images we're able to look at and stomach]]. In a world, I'm reliably told, [[CrapsackWorld that's going to the dogs]], real mischief, [[TheNewRockAndRoll the real punk rock rebellion]], is a snarling, [[WideEyedIdealist 'fuck you' positivity and optimism]]. [[ThePollyanna Violent optimism]] [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers in the face of all evidence to the contrary]] is the Alpha form of outrage these days. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood It really freaks people out.]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/GrantMorrison''', ''[[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/110803-Grant-Superman-10.html All Star Memories: Grant Morrison on All Star Superman, 10]]''

->"To protect them from being abused, my emotions have detached themselves from this animated film."
-->--'''WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter''' on ''Animation/DoggyPoo''

->"I'm sorry, but I gotta make a confession! Your arcs always give me depression!"
-->--'''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers''''s Fishy Boopkins [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] the show's arcs usually [[TearJerker putting you through the wringer with emotions]].

->''"Creator/AnthonyHopkins gives the performance of a lifetime as an old man refusing help for the dementia that's slowly eating away at his mind, that's such a heartbreaking, torturous, and cruel portrayal of a legend's final days,'' there's '''no way''' you actually watched it."
-->--'''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' on ''Film/TheFather'' (or, as they call it, ''The Downer'')

->''"Hey, do you have any idea how hard it is to drag any humor out of this fucking movie? It's Film/OrdinaryPeople multiplied by Film/{{Amour}}. It's like if the beginning of WesternAnimation/{{Up}} and the end of ''[[Recap/FuturamaS4E7JurassicBark Jurassic Bark]]'' had a baby. They're even not supposed to screen it in buildings with more than two stories, just in case the entire audience goes to throw themselves off a roof! This thing is as hard to parody as Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}, for completely opposite reasons!"''
-->--'''Website/TheEditingRoom''' on ''Film/ManchesterByTheSea''

-> ''"And you won't read that book again\\
Because the ending's just too hard to take"''
-->-- '''Music/GordonLightfoot''', "If You Could Read My Mind"

->'''June:''' Is the setting a coal-mine district? \\
'''Graham:''' Uh-- yes. \\
'''June:''' And are the people concerned real, earthy, unartificial, down-to-earth characters, speaking and thinking just like you and me? Is it a story of basic economic forces? Are the human characters lifted up and thrown down and whirled around, all at the mercy of the coal mine and mechanized industry of today? \\
'''Graham:''' Uh-- yes. \\
'''June:''' I remember distinctly. First, you got drunk and were sick. Then you got better, and told me the first few chapters. Then I got sick.
-->-- '''Creator/IsaacAsimov,''' ''Author! Author!'',

->'''James:''' No, I'm sorry. But you can't just popularize terrible books and make money off of it. You'll ruin the world of literature.\\
'''[[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO:]]''' Oh please, we ruined it a long time ago. How else do you explain widely successful, yet horribly depressing books, like [[Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath Grapes of Wrath?]]
-->-- '''Series/StudioC,''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw6-bpZ0NnM Best Sellers List Exposed]]

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