Happiness Quotes (page 120)
So, have we solved the secret of happiness?
"I believe so," he said
Are you going to tell me?
"Yes. Ready?"
Ready.
"Be satisfied."
That's it?
"Be greatful."
That's it?
"For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you."
That's it?
He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply.
"That's it.
Mitch Albom
She was filled with a strange, wild, unfamiliar happiness, and knew that this was love. Twice in her life she had mistaken something else for it; it was like seeing somebody in the street who you think is a friend, you whistle and wave and run after him, but it is not only not the friend, but not even very like him. A few minutes later the real friend appears in view, and then you can’t imagine how you ever mistook that other person for him.
Nancy Mitford