“When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself?”

“When fear and suffering are disliked by me and others equally what is so special about me that I protect myself and not the other?”

“If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!”

“A tiny part of my heart is so happy to see him safe and laughing, but the other part is a black pit that threatens to suck all of me into it. He is happy without me. He is laughing without me. But what about me?”

“So much of my life has been twisted and painful that now when happiness floods right through me like being flooded over with warm glittering blue water, I can't believe it. I say to myself: I am Anna Wulf, this is me, Anna, and I'm happy.”

“I surround myself with things that make me happy. Why? Because ... it makes me happy.”