Happy Iceland Quotes

“I knew my mother’s hair would fall out if she knew how many cars I had gotten into with strange men in a foreign country. Her childhood and life were so different from my own. She grew up with an uncle in the Italian mafia and was taught to trust no one, especially men who appeared like they wanted to help you. She then instilled this knowledge onto me. When I was growing up, I wasn’t allowed to look out the car windows when we drove through certain neighborhoods. She would say, “You don’t want to be a witness.” I never asked, “A witness to what?”
― Anne Marie Wells, Happy Iceland: How Icelandic Strangers Taught a Miserable American the Secret to Lifelong Happiness

“Why was I in Iceland looking for happy memories? Maybe so I could figure out what happiness was. Or maybe so I could finally dream about something else, about someone else.”
― Anne Marie Wells, Happy Iceland: How Icelandic Strangers Taught a Miserable American the Secret to Lifelong Happiness

“You know that feeling? It’s hard to explain. It’s kind of like sadness, but also happiness and regret but also hope... all at once. I call it “a tug to the left.”
― Anne Marie Wells, Happy Iceland: How Icelandic Strangers Taught a Miserable American the Secret to Lifelong Happiness