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title: "5 People Unhappiness Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [To these people, unhappiness was a condition, an intolerable state of affairs. If pills could help, pills were taken. But pills were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/to-these-people-unhappiness-was-a-condition-an-intolerable-state-of/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [The thought that our lives are the source of other people's unhappiness, that's plain unbearable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naoki-higashida/the-thought-that-our-lives-are-the-source-of-other-people-s/)

[Naoki Higashida](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naoki-higashida/)

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> [“He should be happy because he can think about the unhappiness of others! He’s stupid if he doesn’t know other people’s unhappiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think-about-the-unhappiness-of/)

[Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think_934163.jpg)

> [Many people's unhappiness is rooted in the habitual role they play. While our family role may have made sense growing up, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-mackler/many-people-s-unhappiness-is-rooted-in-the-habitual-role-they-play/)

[Lauren Mackler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-mackler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/lauren-mackler-23236_adults_many-people-s-unhappiness-is-rooted-in-t_1406350.jpg)

> [When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-hannah/when-you-re-not-involved-other-people-s-unhappiness-seems-to-be-about/)

[Barry Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-hannah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/barry-hannah-10920_agony_when-you-re-not-involved-other-people-s_1956386.jpg)

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