Awendt06’s Reviews > The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World > Status Update

“And that, I realize, is the problem with ... many of us Americans and our perpetual pursuit of happiness. We may be fairly happy now, but there’s always tomorrow and the prospect of a happier place, a happier life. So all options are left on the table. We can never fully commit. That is, I think, a dangerous thing. We can’t love a place, or a person, if we always have one foot out the door.”

“If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of happiness.”
- Robert Davies

„You need to make effort, but it is effort that matters, not the result.”

“Maybe we can’t really be happy without first coming to terms with our mortality.”