“Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.”
“a whole race perpetually in pursuit of the rainbow’s end, never honest, nor kind, nor happy now, but always using as mere fuel wherewith to heap the altar of the future every real gift which is offered them in the Present.”
“Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.”
“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
“I was as happy as a fish in water, and I could have stayed in that room for ever, have never left that place.”
“Don't ya wanna hear the secret?' his eyes were narrow and mean, despite the glaze of rum. Louer drained his glass and slammed it to the bar. 'You get happy by learnin' to say 'yes' to what life offers you, but stay happy by rememberin' when to start sayin' 'no'.”