“happiness is a different thing altogether. If you try to achieve it, you have every chance of failing. And besides, how would you ever know that you’d achieved it? Of course one can’t blame people, especially unhappy people, for wanting… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
“Or rather, he was sad because that morning he'd understood that he'd understood nothing, because while he still understood nothing he wasn't sad at all, but now that he'd understood that he'd understood nothing he felt sad, if you follow.” — François Lelord Copy Share Image
“And since he was seeing more and more people who were unhappy for no apparent reason, he was becoming more and more tired, and… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
“Exciting happiness is joy, celebration, travelling, being in bed with a woman you desire.” — François Lelord Copy Share Image
“He had realised that it was Clara he loved, and that he loved her in many different ways. (Because there are even more ways… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal! — François Lelord Copy Share Image
Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
“(Be very wary of people who declare that they’re going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.)” — François Lelord Copy Share Image
People fall in love more easily when they are already troubled by another emotion because we know that any intense emotional state greatly increases… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
I didn't intend 'Hector' to be a self-help book when I first started writing. I wrote it as a little tale about a psychiatrist,… — Francois Lelord Copy Share Image
“The only shadow on my happiness is when I tell myself sometimes that as it's all going well, it can't last, that one day… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
“Adeline was really rather charming, she always had a man in her life, but it never worked out: either they were nice but she… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
