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Happiness is a feeling we all recognize, yet define in our own unique ways. The quotes that follow explore happiness as a choice, a journey, and a series of small moments that shape our lives. Together, they invite us to reflect on what truly brings joy and how we can nurture it every day.   ◀ Back
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Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.
- Mark Strand
Selected Poems of Mark Strand
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Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.
- Henry Miller
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
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Her happiness floated like waves of ocean along the coast of her life. She found lyrics of her life in his arms but she never sung her song.
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...is ignorance bliss, I don't know, but it's so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.
- Sebastian Barry
The Secret Scripture
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Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away.
- Nenia Campbell
Endgame
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Being happy is harder than being discontent. For happiness we have to roll up our sleeves and knock down houses of cards. Because of this exertion, many prefer to abide by ‘fake’ happiness.( " Happiness blowing in the wind. " )
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I would do my damn best to be more happy than not.
- Adam Silvera
More Happy Than Not
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He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.
- Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
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Happiness is not an unexpected jackpot nor a monolithic cluster but a forbearing casting and a daily discovery process. ("Why has shé got stars in the sky?")
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She was happy, yes, in her own way, as best as she knew.
But there’s a difference between a single candle in darkness and a sunrise.
- Victoria Aveyard
Queen Song
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Monsters don’t get happy endings.
- Paula Stokes
Ferocious
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Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
- Robertson Davies
The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies
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Happiness is a flow between a playful construction and a painful deconstruction, undulating from a hampering past into a liberating 'now,' escorting a meandering flood of twists and turns, caressing the velvet sand of dreamy beaches or smashing sometimes into the rocks of reality. ("New York at arm's length of desire")
- Erik Pevernagie
Words of Wisdom: Selected and illustrated by his readers
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Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.
- Herman Melville
Bartleby the Scrivener
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Happiness is finding peace with ourselves and ensuring a sound haven for our dreams and, at the same time, acknowledging our nothingness in front of nature's splendor. ("When is Happiness?")
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Happiness is the potential of sharing destiny and letting loose. We may see it burgeoning in the curve of a sensitive vibe and growing into a swinging outline if we can listen to the rustling silence in the foliage of expectations. ("New York at arm's length of desire")
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Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.
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when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.
- Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.
- Simon Van Booy
The Illusion of Separateness
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In a person's lifetime there may be not more than half a dozen occasions that he can look back to in the certain knowledge that right then, at that moment, there was room for nothing but happiness in his heart.
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Belles on Their Toes
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It's easy to be heavy; hard to be light.
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and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical sense
and are not easy to fool with laughter
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Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.
- Mark Strand
Selected Poems of Mark Strand
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Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.
- Henry Miller
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
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Her happiness floated like waves of ocean along the coast of her life. She found lyrics of her life in his arms but she never sung her song.
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...is ignorance bliss, I don't know, but it's so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.
- Sebastian Barry
The Secret Scripture
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Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away.
- Nenia Campbell
Endgame
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Being happy is harder than being discontent. For happiness we have to roll up our sleeves and knock down houses of cards. Because of this exertion, many prefer to abide by ‘fake’ happiness.( " Happiness blowing in the wind. " )
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I would do my damn best to be more happy than not.
- Adam Silvera
More Happy Than Not
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He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.
- Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is not an unexpected jackpot nor a monolithic cluster but a forbearing casting and a daily discovery process. ("Why has shé got stars in the sky?")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She was happy, yes, in her own way, as best as she knew.
But there’s a difference between a single candle in darkness and a sunrise.
- Victoria Aveyard
Queen Song
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Monsters don’t get happy endings.
- Paula Stokes
Ferocious
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
- Robertson Davies
The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies
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Happiness is a flow between a playful construction and a painful deconstruction, undulating from a hampering past into a liberating 'now,' escorting a meandering flood of twists and turns, caressing the velvet sand of dreamy beaches or smashing sometimes into the rocks of reality. ("New York at arm's length of desire")
- Erik Pevernagie
Words of Wisdom: Selected and illustrated by his readers
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Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.
- Herman Melville
Bartleby the Scrivener
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Happiness is finding peace with ourselves and ensuring a sound haven for our dreams and, at the same time, acknowledging our nothingness in front of nature's splendor. ("When is Happiness?")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is the potential of sharing destiny and letting loose. We may see it burgeoning in the curve of a sensitive vibe and growing into a swinging outline if we can listen to the rustling silence in the foliage of expectations. ("New York at arm's length of desire")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.
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when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.
- Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
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I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.
- Simon Van Booy
The Illusion of Separateness
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In a person's lifetime there may be not more than half a dozen occasions that he can look back to in the certain knowledge that right then, at that moment, there was room for nothing but happiness in his heart.
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Belles on Their Toes
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It's easy to be heavy; hard to be light.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical sense
and are not easy to fool with laughter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.
- Mark Strand
Selected Poems of Mark Strand
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.
- Henry Miller
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Her happiness floated like waves of ocean along the coast of her life. She found lyrics of her life in his arms but she never sung her song.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
...is ignorance bliss, I don't know, but it's so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.
- Sebastian Barry
The Secret Scripture
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away.
- Nenia Campbell
Endgame
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Being happy is harder than being discontent. For happiness we have to roll up our sleeves and knock down houses of cards. Because of this exertion, many prefer to abide by ‘fake’ happiness.( " Happiness blowing in the wind. " )
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I would do my damn best to be more happy than not.
- Adam Silvera
More Happy Than Not
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.
- Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is not an unexpected jackpot nor a monolithic cluster but a forbearing casting and a daily discovery process. ("Why has shé got stars in the sky?")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She was happy, yes, in her own way, as best as she knew.
But there’s a difference between a single candle in darkness and a sunrise.
- Victoria Aveyard
Queen Song
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Monsters don’t get happy endings.
- Paula Stokes
Ferocious
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.
- Robertson Davies
The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is a flow between a playful construction and a painful deconstruction, undulating from a hampering past into a liberating 'now,' escorting a meandering flood of twists and turns, caressing the velvet sand of dreamy beaches or smashing sometimes into the rocks of reality. ("New York at arm's length of desire")
- Erik Pevernagie
Words of Wisdom: Selected and illustrated by his readers
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.
- Herman Melville
Bartleby the Scrivener
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is finding peace with ourselves and ensuring a sound haven for our dreams and, at the same time, acknowledging our nothingness in front of nature's splendor. ("When is Happiness?")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Happiness is the potential of sharing destiny and letting loose. We may see it burgeoning in the curve of a sensitive vibe and growing into a swinging outline if we can listen to the rustling silence in the foliage of expectations. ("New York at arm's length of desire")
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.
- Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.
- Simon Van Booy
The Illusion of Separateness
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
In a person's lifetime there may be not more than half a dozen occasions that he can look back to in the certain knowledge that right then, at that moment, there was room for nothing but happiness in his heart.
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Belles on Their Toes
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's easy to be heavy; hard to be light.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical sense
and are not easy to fool with laughter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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