#unhappiness

But Philip was impatient with himself; he called to mind his idea of the pattern of life: the unhappiness he had suffered was no more than part of a decoration which was elaborate and beautiful; he told himself strenuously that he must accept with gaiety everything, dreariness and excitement, pleasure and pain, because it added to the richness of the design. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#life #pain #suffering #unhappiness #beauty

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#freed #happy #only #soul #unhappiness

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#happiness #search #sources #unhappiness

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#happiness #having #lot #money #reverse

Wanna know the fastest way to unhappiness? Spend your time judging other people's reasons for happiness! That way, you'll quickly lose your own! The next time you look back at yourself (when you've taken a break from judging others) you'll think "Oh! Where did MY happiness go?" because you were too busy thinking that gay people shouldn't be happy... or, you know, something like that. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#how-to-be-unhappy #inspirational-quotes #unhappiness #wisdom-quotes #business

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#bewilderment #come #into #left #much

She searched her mind for a single day when it had felt good to be alive. There must have been one, surely? ↗

— Rachel Abbott

#life-experience #sadness #unhappiness #experience

There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness. ↗

— P.D. James

#love #pride #unhappiness #love

There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#happiness #sadness #tears #unhappiness #sad

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