“And for once, she was happy. Very.”
“He remembers when he was very small his mother once said she wished happiness and adventure for him. If this does not count as adventure, he is not sure what does.”
“I have been very happy—very fortunate—very proud,' she went on. 'Too fortunate. Too happy for a little while. And now I am unhappy for—for life.”
“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.”
“Once upon a time there was a lady. She had no children, and no happiness either. And at first she cried for a long time, but then she became wicked...”
“He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him.”