“It was a community, and in Ibrahim's opinion that was how human beings were designed to live. At Coopers Chase, anytime you wanted to be alone, you would simply close your front door, and anytime you wanted to be with people, you would open it up again. If there was a better recipe for happiness than that, then Ibrahim was yet to hear it.” HappinessCommunity Book:The Thursday Murder Club Source: The Thursday Murder Club
“She is flooded with heat and warmth, alive with a pleasure both utterly familiar but completely new. She wants to weep with happiness, and to laugh with the uncomplicated joy of life. If she has ever felt happier, she cannot immediately bring it to mind. If the angels were to carry her away this very moment--and if her heart rate was anything to go by that was a possibility--she would have let them scoop her up, while she thanked the heavens for a life well lived. "How was it?" asks Bogdan, his hand stroking her hair. "It was OK," says Donna. "For a first time.” HappinessSexPleasureIntimacySelf Effacement Book:The Bullet That Missed Source: The Bullet That Missed