It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

“Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- …”

“To tell the truth, I don’t really understand the causes behind my runner’s blue…”

“Les souvenirs, c'est quelque chose qui vous réchauffe de l'intérieur. Et qui vo…”

“And you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symboli…”