The critics don't interest me because they're concerned with what's past and done, while I'm concerned with what comes next.
Aldous HuxleyWords can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- theyโll go through anything. You read and youโre pierced.
Aldous HuxleyActual 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 Huxley