Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
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"..there is more to life than just pleasure. We want to achieve our happiness and not just experience it."
Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
"Perhaps it's true you can't go back in time, but you can return to the scene of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fateful decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal."
Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
"Too often when we say we feel joyful, we’re really feeling manic. There is a frenetic nature to our joy, a whiff of panic; we’re afraid the moment might end abruptly. But then there are other moments when our joy is more solidly grounded. I am not speaking of a transcendental moment, of bliss, but something less."
Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
"As I railed on and on, I became increasingly energied and excited by my own misery and misanthropy until I reached a kind of orgasm of negativity.'... The Brits don't merely enjoy misery, they get off on it."
Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
"a simple question to identify your true home: where do you want to die?"
Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
"what doesn't kill you not only make you stronger, but also more honest."
Eric Weiner, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World