The Answer Is No

by Fredrik Backman

Being smart is the worst thing one can be in modern society. All it ever means is more work.

the truth about problems is that the problem itself is never actually the problem.

happy. It’s not as hard as one might think to become, the hard part is just to keep being it. It’s hard because it’s so easy to get in your head that if you are to be happy, you have to be happy exactly all of the time. And who in the world has the energy for that? Happiness can be exhausting. Honestly, it’s most often enough to just not be the opposite.