Seekers, what are you seeking? Why aren't you happy just to be alive?

Dissatisfaction: the feeling that something is missing when nothing is missing.

There ought to be a law against people doing work they don't like or believe in.

Never be content with your work, your relationships, your life. That's the stupid advice philosophers give today.

If you think happiness is a rare bird you won't see much of it.

Why would she want to come back here and live?' I wondered. 'Doesn't seem like she'd want to.'
'Why do you say that?'
'She seems different, that's all.'
'I don't know,' Bud said. 'You might be confusing different with dissatisfied.