“Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. It's loss and regret and misery and yearning that drive the story forward, along its twisted road.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“Unhappiness is often caused by tendency to find fault with others.”
― Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
― Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
“This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“[F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.”
― The Magicians
― The Magicians
“I'm not unhappy," he said. "Only people with no purpose are unhappy. I've got a purpose.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
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