Ryann

“And yet, over the years I've met so many people like Jared who seem to be more at home, happier, living in a country not of their birth. ... Not political refugees, escaping a repressing regime, nor economic refugees, crossing a border in search of a better-paying job. The are hedonic refugees, moving to a new land, a new culture, because they are happier there. Usually hedonic refugees have an ephiphany, a moment of great clarity when they realize, beyond a doubt, that they were born in the wrong country.”
― Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

“Maybe happiness is this: not feeling that you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.”
― Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

“Our happiness is completely and utterly intertwined with other people: family and friends and neighbors and the woman you hardly notice who cleans your office. Happiness is not a noun or verb. It's a conjunction. Connective tissue.”
― Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World