“I want that. I want that awful intense and serious unhappiness, cos then I might feel better, and then I might be happy.”

“Happiness is a strange thing. It is something I tend to recognize only after it has passed, when I realize I miss it.”

“real happiness in marriage seems a matter of chance. You can marry a seemingly perfect person and they can transform before your

“Because in some other universe, you are me, I am you, and we are perfectly happy together. Or perhaps not… and just like this…”

“It takes very little to make real people smile, but to make self-obsessed egomaniacs happy, even billions fall short.”

“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness... but only when you pay your taxes? That means your freedom is rented, leased, & not unalienable.”

“To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.”

“I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.”

“Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people. There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness.”

“Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.”