“In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they
are living it.
It may well be that, in a moment of joy,
one might
sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now,"
even
having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say,
in one part of
their hearts
they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to
come.
Because how could anyone,
and particularly anyone who is still
young,
carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse:
If
a person is happy enough to think he has reached the happiest moment of
his life,
he will be hopeful enough
to believe his future
will be just
as beautiful, more so.”
― Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence
