"Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the

over-compensations for misery. 

And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. 

And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune,

none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, 

or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt.  

Happiness is never grand."

-aldous huxley, brave new world