Having evolved from Caveman to his present reincarnation, Man has been on a non-stop - almost sacred - Quest: the search for Happiness Some are sure to have found it (in money, power, piety, etc.), some claim to have found it then lost it (a number of times ); to others, it remained totally elusive. Happiness is the main theme of all the short stories in this collection. Since the subject is practically limitless - the source of happiness can really be anything - a selection had to be made. In "The Quest," Samir Sobhy gives some poignant examples, or samples, of happiness, trying to find the reasons why our protagonists were (or weren't) happy