Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations 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 HuxleyEvery idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice.
Aldous HuxleyThe traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator.
Aldous HuxleySunsets and death; death and therefore kisses, kisses and consequently birth and then death for yet another generation of sunset watchers.
Aldous Huxley