David Mitchell Quote

If, by happiness, you mean the absence of adversity I and all fabricants are the happiest stratum in corpocracy as genomicists insist. However, if happiness means the conquest of adversity or a sense of purpose, or the xercise of one's will to power, then of all Nea So Copros's slaves we surely are the most miserable.

Cloud Atlas (Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel (ed. Random House Group, 2012) - ISBN: 9780812984422