"What's the point? The world is a horrible place. Young people die of diseases. It makes absolutely no sense to try to be happy in a world that is such a horrible place."
"Yes."
"What?"
"Yes, horrible things do happen. Happiness in the face of all that -- that's not the goal. Feeling the horrible and knowing that you're not gonna die from those feelings, that's the point."
~Grey's Anatomy, Season 5 Episode 3 "Here Comes the Flood"