

“nature or nurture' said the professor. 'Whichever way the parents are to blame”
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
― Hector and the Search for Happiness

“Adeline was really rather charming, she always had a man in her life, but it never worked out: either they were nice but she didn't find them very exciting; or they were exciting but she didn't find them particularly nice, or they were neither nice nor exciting and she wondered why she was with them at all. She found a way of making the exciting men nicer and that was by leaving them. But then, they weren't exciting anymore either.”
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
― Hector and the Search for Happiness

“The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!”
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
― Hector and the Search for Happiness

“Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.”
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
― Hector and the Search for Happiness

“Many people see happiness only in their future.”
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
― Hector and the Search for Happiness
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