“What is to be happy, what does it look like if not like Nounou? Does it require romantic love, being known, having influence? Nounou had none of that. For some, isn't in enough not to be sick or starving? Isn't it enough to be a person, cared for in material needs, left alone with her thoughts, nothing demanded of her? Obviously not. It was then that I knew my life was in trouble. Before that my unhappiness was just kid stuff. The kind I assumed I'd grow out of.” Happiness Book:The Persians Source: The Persians