If you want to learn how to be happy, you have to know what is sadness first.
In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.
I like smoking pot, but I'm not the kind of guy who smokes every day.
If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.
As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them happy.
People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue.