quotes from Aron Schuster, Trouble with Pleasure (2016), p. 20

"For Deleuze, a great complaint is never a demand, and does not ask for a response. This may seem like a strange conception of complaint, but what Deleuze intends is far from mere whining or complaining for complaining’s sake. For him, complaining concerns forces that are tough to bear and put the self under pressure. Complaining is not a plea or an entreaty, and does not seek recognition or recompense. Rather, it is the song of these overwhelming forces. The complainer does not want to be helped; he wants to express the joy that consumes him."