Gooseberries
...and all the terrible things in life happen somewhere offstage. Everything is quiet and peaceful, and the only protest is voiced by dumb statistics: so many people have gone mad, so many bottles of vodka have been drunk, so many children have died from malnutrition... And this arrangement is clearly necessary: it's obvious that the contented person only feels good because those who are unhappy bear their burden in silence; without that silence happiness would be inconcievable.
'Never be satisfied, don't let yourself go! Don't tire of doing good while you are young and strong and active! Happiness does not exist and it should not exist, and if there is a meaning and purpose to life, then that meaning and purpose is certainly not for us to be happy, but something far greater and wiser. Do good!'
-Gooseberries, Chekhov
'Never be satisfied, don't let yourself go! Don't tire of doing good while you are young and strong and active! Happiness does not exist and it should not exist, and if there is a meaning and purpose to life, then that meaning and purpose is certainly not for us to be happy, but something far greater and wiser. Do good!'
-Gooseberries, Chekhov