'I wouldn't do it.' Ulla said, frowning. 'I hate sadness. I can't bear it. I would rather have nothing at all than even a little sadness. I think that why I love to sleep so much, na? It's impossible to be really sad when you're asleep. You can be happy and afraid and angry in your dreams, but you have to be wide awake to be sad, don't you think?'

- Gregory David Roberts, 'Shantara'