"The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity."

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Source : Graham Greene (1951). “The End of the Affair”, London Heinemann [1951]

Graham Greene

#Happiness Quotes #Pain Quotes #Identity Quotes

“Dreams are the directions to the rest of your life!”
“The Journal of Discourses ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every right-minded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of 'the light that shines from Zion's hill.”
“I just didn't like going to school.”

Source : Interview with Fred Topel, www.cinemablend.com. August 14, 2006.
“Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.”

Source : Thomas Nagel (1991). “Mortal Questions : Canto”, p.166, Cambridge University Press
“Sometimes those who start out the slowest end up going the farthest.”
“I'm an Italian girl from the south who's very passionate.”
“Comedian makes the statement that just isn't true.”
“My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.”

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