Not Happy Quotes

“All who knew Master Nathaniel would have been not only surprised, but incredulous, had they been told he was not a happy man. Yet such was the case. His life was poisoned at its springs by a small, nameless fear; a fear not always active, for during considerable periods it would lie almost dormant⁠—almost, but never entirely.”
― Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist

“He whispered, 'I thought you were dead today.'

Nesta reached the stairs. 'So did I.' She stepped upward, exposing her midriff. 'I thought you were dead, too.'

'You must have been happy.'

She smiled, watching his gaze drop with every piece of her revealed... 'It did not make me happy.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames