Felix Baker is a boy Jude tutors when he is in his late 20s. Felix’s family is wealthy and has very little time for him. Felix is shy and insecure. He also has no friends and is very lonely. Jude feels sympathy for him for being so let-down by the world at such a young age. He wants to tell Felix that things will change one day—even though Jude’s past has taught him that nobody is guaranteed happiness and companionship in life.
Felix Baker Quotes in A Little Life
The A Little Life quotes below are all either spoken by Felix Baker or refer to Felix Baker. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2: The Postman: Chapter 1
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But what was happiness but an extravagance, an impossible state to maintain, partly because it was so difficult to articulate? He couldn’t remember being a child and being able to define happiness: there was only misery, or fear, and the absence of misery or fear, and the latter state was all he had needed or wanted.
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Felix Baker Quotes in A Little Life
The A Little Life quotes below are all either spoken by Felix Baker or refer to Felix Baker. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 2: The Postman: Chapter 1
Quotes
But what was happiness but an extravagance, an impossible state to maintain, partly because it was so difficult to articulate? He couldn’t remember being a child and being able to define happiness: there was only misery, or fear, and the absence of misery or fear, and the latter state was all he had needed or wanted.
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