But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along.

Lauren Oliver
But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in...
But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in...
But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in...
But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in...
About This Quote

This quote is about the importance of fantasy, something that most of us wish for in our lives. We want to believe that we are where we want to be, even though we know that is not the case. It is because we hope for something better, and we cherish the imagination, that we live in our dreams and imagine what life could be like.

Source: Requiem

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