#happy

the zombies, after all, were pretty slow to appreciate someone other than themselves, and they had been schooled not to denigrate the different. --Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men ↗

— Padgett Powell

#men

How are you, Rory?' [the Doctor] asked. I [Rory]... answered him. 'It's been odd being you.' 'Isn't it?' The Doctor's smile didn't quite reach his eyes. 'How do you cope?' 'Ah...' The Doctor picked away at a scrap of loose paint on the door. 'Well, I just get as close as I can to a happy ending, then I shut the door behind me and move on.' I nodded. We shut the door behind us and moved on. ↗

— James Goss

#doctor-who #happy-endings #moving-on #rory-williams #the-doctor

Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#happy #women #louisa-may-alcott

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants. ↗

— Henry Adams

#come #damnation #god #goodness #happy

It's never been an issue for me - I don't want to go on a diet, I don't want to eat a Caesar salad with no dressing, why would I do that? I ain't got time for this, just be happy and don't be stupid. If I've got a boyfriend and he loves my body then I'm not worried. ↗

— Adele

#been #body #boyfriend #caesar #diet

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#few #happy #his #important #important question

My son is healthy and happy, so that's all that matters to me. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#healthy #matters #me #son

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#any #fight #forms #fundamentalism #happy

I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 bowling balls. But, that's a good problem. I don't really have a complaint about that. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#balls #bowling #complaint #feel #gone

I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s. ↗

— Tori Amos

#feeling #felt #happy #i #late