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It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how... And still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.

Henry Miller

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Miller, Henry. The Colossus of Maroussi. Colt Press, 1941, pt. 1.

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The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't to search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead.

Bojack Horseman

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"Later." BoJack Horseman, written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg, directed by Martin Cendreda, season 1, episode 12, ShadowMachine and Tornante Company, 2014.

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You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Houghlin Mifflin, 2005.

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Why not seize the pleasure at once?-How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Jane Austen

Emma

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Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 2, London: John Murray, 1815, ch. 30.

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Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 30.

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Action may not always be happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Benjamin Disraeli

Lothair

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Lothair. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1870, ch. 79.

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