Mary Balogh Quote

He wished someone in the course of history had thought of striking that word and all its derivatives from the English Language - happy, happier, happiest, happiness. What the devil did the words really mean anyway? Why not just the word pleasure, which was far more... well, pleasant.

Then Comes Seduction: Number 2 in series (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780748117482