"Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable."
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This quote touched me the most in Chapter One was because this was from a man who had suffered for years at Auschwitz. There are many who think miserably that perfect happiness cannot come true, but there are few who consider the opposite, like the quote says. When I'm in a difficult situation, I think pessimistically and think that God is cruel for allowing such bad things happen to me, but, compared to what Primo Levi had to go through in Auschwitz, my troubles are nothing. This quote gives me hope that no matter what my troubles are, they are temporary and cannot lead me to a miserable, no-happy life. I should be thankful for everything I have around me, and I should never give up, because although I might not be able to get perfectly happy, at least I won't be completely unhappy.
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