#unhappiness

And since he was seeing more and more people who were unhappy for no apparent reason, he was becoming more and more tired, and even a little happy himself. He began to wonder whether he was in the right profession, whether he was happy with his life, whether he wasn't missing out on something. And then he felt very afraid because he wondered whether these unhappy people were contagious. ↗

— François Lelord

#unhappiness #life

There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#marriage #matches #matrimony #mind #purpose

Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out. In Paradise there are no stories, because there are no journeys. It's loss and regret and misery and yearning that drive the story forward, along its twisted road. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#story #unhappiness #conflict

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. ↗

— Don Herold

#killing #knowing #not knowing #ourselves #unhappiness

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#grant #i #most #nothing #than

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. ↗

— Democritus

#doing #injustice #suffer #thou #thyself

You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes". ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#happiness #unhappiness #happy

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony. ↗

— James Allen

#harmony #mental #unhappiness

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#fame #had #me #much #unhappiness

Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth. ↗

— Judith Wright

#did #faced #first #growth #i