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" I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite. "

Jamaica Kincaid

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" I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy. "

" The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. "

" I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter. "

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" Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. "

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" If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. "

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