“Behind the melancholia there always lies more sorrow than tragedy, more truth than drama. That’s why Goth is the very essence of dignity. (…)
Goth is about those moments of reflection we all have – that nostalgia borne of emotion, the soundtrack of our own failings.”
Mercer, Mick: Hex Files: the goth bible, Kindle 2021 (first publ. 1993)