“unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.”

“Bored! My God, to think that I could ever have been bored up there.”

John Wyndham book The Secret People

“If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us.”

Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker

“What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?”

Curtis Sittenfeld (1975) Novelist, short story writer

“You can be married and bored, or single and lonely. Ain't no happiness nowhere.”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“Bored in a role, but he can't stopStanding up to sit back down,and lose the one thing found.Spinning the world like a toy top'till there's a ghost in every town.<BR”

Elliott Smith (1969–2003) American singer-songwriter

“I know up on top you are seeing great sights,
But down here on the bottom,
We too should have rights.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

“The more ups and downs, the more joy I feel. The greater the fear, the greater the happiness I feel.”

Jack Kerouac book Big Sur

“I should have been happy—I was being paid to be here—but happiness does not respond to that kind of imperative; it is no good telling yourself you should be happy.”

Geoff Dyer (1958) English writer

“One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.”

Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) English novelist