“Memory is the happiness of being alone.”

“What happiness is there in just the memory of happiness?”

Julian Barnes (1946) English writer

“Serious tweet: we all must learn to be happy with being alone; that is when things begin to change.”

Tyler Joseph (1988) American singer-songwriter and record producer

“Happiness is not essential to the artist; happiness never creates anything but memories.”

Frank Harris (1856–1931) Irish journalist and rogue

“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.”

Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist

“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”

Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

“I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.”

Azar Nafisi book Reading Lolita in Tehran

“Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily..”

Bernhard Schlink book The Reader

“Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.”

Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer