Quotes of: Be-happy Keyword

A person could be immensely happy reading only him or the writers he loved. But that would be too easy.

The Savage Detectives

I think all wishes are the same, really," she continued. "Whether they ask for this, that, or the other, what they are really asking for is happiness.

The Sandman and the War of Dreams

A selfless act out of even the purest desire to do for others, will be selfish in the satisfaction and happiness it brings to one doing it.

Sex, Drugs, and Being an Escort

(…) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' (…) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness.

The Shining Girls

Although we cannot command it, we choose joy, making a deliberate commitment to happiness (essentially another word for peace).

Sister Wendy's Meditations on Joy

I was a happy child. I felt loved. I never would've imagined that things would turn out the way that they did".

A Shadow of Light

For some people, she thought, trials were only temporary; they sailed towards happiness through the roughest weather.

Slammerkin

For certain, neither of them sees a happy Present, as the gate opens and closes, and one goes in, and the other goes away.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition

I'm only happy when I forget to exist. When just my eyes or my ears or my skin exist.

The Magus

Why are you smiling like that?" "I'm just happy." "Why?" "Because you're here. You're real. And you're mine.

More Than Him

Get a grip on your heart and pride, girl. Nobody has or ever will give a damn whether you're happy or not.

A Man In A Kilt

We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.

The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology

It is possible, he thought, to be completely happy in marriage--though you must be willing to hold on when your ship was lost at sea and there was no guarantee of rescue.

Mr. Peanut

Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.

Maskerade

...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others.

Nerilka's Story

With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.

Norwegian Wood

Spader and I were nearly killed. Three times. We were also robbed and witnessed a gruesome murder. Happy birthday to me!

The Never War

One wife, you're happy, two and you're tired, three and they'll hate each other, four and they'll hate you.

The Name of the Wind

Memories are either the greatest poetry, when they are memories of a vital happiness, or a burning pain, when they touch dried wounds. p. 479

Oblomov