“Friendship only exist during happy times. There lies a betrayal line beyond those happy moments.”

“To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort of friendship, but enduring happiness? If it exists i have not found it”

“Today only the person who no longer believes in a happy ending, only he who has consciously renounced it, is able to live. A happy century does not exist; but there are moments of happiness, and there is freedom in the moment.”

“And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.”

“Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.”

“How are peace and happiness related? Is peace the only real happiness? When happiness moves beyond the mind, that is happiness.”

“And what is happiness, Nathan? In my experience, it's only a moment's pause here and there on what is otherwise a long and difficult road. No one can be happy all the time.”

“Contentment and happiness didn't exist in my life for more than a few moments at a time, and they were really only illusionary. There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up and ruin everything.”

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”

“For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.”