Anita Brookner. Hotel "the lake" (№ 401090)

- In the highest degree erroneous, he continued after a pause, - to associate happiness with specific state and a specific person. Getting rid of this confusion, I discovered a very important secret.
- So tell me, for God's sake, what is it, - she said dispassionately. I always wanted to know how to live.
- It's very simple. If you do not put all the feelings into one thing, you can afford everything you want. To make decisions, to reconsider, to change plans. Disappear anxiety and desire to find out whether that other person is the desire whether it is or, alternatively, frustrated, upset, bored. If you're willing to do what you from early childhood, wean and excommunicated - merely to please himself, - drop out of reasons to continue to feel miserable.