#happines

To be loved to madness--such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could drive away the eating loneliness of her days. And she seemed to long for the abstraction called passionate love more than for any particular lover. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#dissatisfaction #drama-queen #self-delusion #unhappiness #love

Are you laughing at me?” I squawk. I laugh, too, my voice sounds so strained. Will’s laughter picks up even more. “I can’t help it. You make me happy. ↗

— Kristin Halbrook

#love #love

You want to be happy, Then you gotta venerate the Life ↗

— Adrijan Angelovski

#life

As we went into the tunnel, I didn't hold up my arms like I was flying. I just let the wind rush over my face. And I started crying and smiling at the same time. Because I couldn't help feeling just how much I loved my aunt Helen for buying me two presents. And how much I wanted the present I bought my mom for my birthday to be really special. And how much I wanted my sister and brother and Sam and Patrick and everyone else to be happy. But mostly, I was crying because I was suddenly very aware of the fact that it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my face. Not caring if I saw downtown. Not even thinking about it. Because I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite. ↗

— Stephen Chbosky

#happiness #infinite #love

Life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy by yourself and for yourself. Happiness comes from within. You have the power to change your own mindset so that all the negative, horrible thoughts that try to invade your psyche are replaced with happy, positive, wonderful thoughts. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#change

Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#blame #happiness #life #pointing-fingers #responsibility

Death, I've dreamed of it, I've desired it, but what real happiness can come from it? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#death #dreams #family #happiness #life

I felt a wish never to leave that room - a wish that dawn might never come, that my present frame of mind might never change. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#leo-tolstoy #literature #russia #change

The process of discovering your fearless self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to look at the rules you have that govern your freedom. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#fearless #freedom #happiness #inspirational #refinement

Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly is there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing? ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#philosophy #laugh