“Happiness is not the absence of problems; it's the ability to deal with them.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 64
“I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.”
— Carlos Ruiz Zafón, book The Angel's Game
Source: The Angel's Game
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