Harlan Coben Quotes

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

In the end, it's a mental maturity to let your best come out.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do.

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

There is no guarantee what will give you happiness any which way. I know many married people who are unhappy.

I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest.

I've found joy, peace and perspective. Those are very good things to have.

After I was really unhappy and unhealthy, I think it dawned on me to stop doing the unhappy, unhealthy things.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.

I'm a human being who lives a flawed, contradictory life. And I have all sorts of problems and all sorts of successes.

Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.