Jennifer Stephens

“We are tempted to believe that certain achievements and possessions will give us enduring satisfaction. We are invited to imagine ourselves scaling the steep cliff face of happiness in order to reach a wide, high plateau on which we will live out the rest of our lives; we are not reminded that soon after gaining the summit, we will be called down again into fresh lowlands of anxiety and desire.”
― Alain de Botton, Status Anxiety

“The silkiness of his voice was a torturous caress that I could have endured for the rest of my life.”
― Melissa Andrea, Flutter

“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“All she knew was that she must be in love with someone, or she wouldn't feel so miserable.”
― Philip Pullman, Two Crafty Criminals!: and how they were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang