#happin

He decided that for an ounce of that laughter, he could sacrifice an entire lifetime of happiness. ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#love #love

The happiest she'd ever been was with him, and the saddest. Was that the true test of love? ↗

— Stewart O'Nan

#love #sadness #love

We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away. ↗

— John Fowles

#love #love

If you love a person, you should show it in adundance, not reserve it for special occasions like fine china. ↗

— Bryan Cohen

#love #love

Now they are lovers. The first, wild courses are ended. They have founded their domain. A satanic happiness follows. ↗

— James Salter

#knowing #love #sex #sin #love

Sometimes I think of you and I feel giddy. Memory makes me lightheaded, drunk on champagne. All the things we did. And if anyone has said this was the price I would have agreed to pay it. That surprises me; that with the hurt and the mess comes a shift of recognition. It was worth it. Love is worth it. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#heartache #hurt #love #memory #pain

Pain is temporary, love is forever, don't make it the other way around. ↗

— Robert Tew

#life-quote #love #love-quotes #relationships #life

Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#happiness #happy-people #holding-hands #love #short-story

Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in: Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me, Say I'm growing old, but add-- Jenny kissed me! ↗

— Leigh Hunt

#love

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#love