#happiness

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Beauty and love pass, I know... Oh, there's sadness, too. I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses- ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Happiness is making your dreams come true. ↗

— Jourdan Dunn

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To die, he thought, was to escape passion's grasp, but that was the last thing he wanted. Instead he wished to be seized by passion and pinioned, held in its palm forever—he could not imagine any other existence as embracing any real happiness. ↗

— David Guterson

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Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. ↗

— Anatole France

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I have gone into town to buy a few last things we need for the expedition: Peruvian wasp repellent, toothbrushes, canned peaches, and a fireproof canoe. It will take a while to find the peaches, so don't expect me back until dinnertime. Stephano, Gustav's replacement, will arrive today by taxi. Please make him feel welcome. As you know, it is only two days until the expedition, so please work very hard today. Your giddy uncle, Monty ↗

— Lemony Snicket

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I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

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You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness. ↗

— Brad Garrett

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I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think? ↗

— Philip Larkin

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The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do. ↗

— Ring Lardner

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