#mile

We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time. ↗

— Sheila Heti

#smile #men

Why do women get more hurt than men? Because men use their brain whereas women use their heart to make a decision. ↗

— Cynthia Rusli

#happiness #human #smile #men

And after and for a long time to come he'd have reason to evoke the recollection of [the strangers'] smiles and to reflect upon the good will which provoked them for it had power to protect and to confer honor and to strengthen resolve and it had the power to heal men and to bring them to safety long after all other resources were exhausted. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#heal #smiles #men

Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed ancestry had given him a dexterity of jaw that was truly awesome. He somersaulted happily around the floor, making faces like a rubber gargoyle in a washing machine. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#simile #money

Begin A New Day With A Simple SMILE ↗

— Als

#smile #motivational

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel. ↗

— Dan Brown

#simile #music

There is no need to always require a smile! Happiness is more of a look in the eyes, than a smile on the face! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#quotes-on-happiness #smile-happiness-expression #the-expression-of-happiness #the-nature-of-happiness #nature

Miles is... Miles; close to a force of nature, climbing up out of his own pages and escaping subordination to any opinion of mine. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#nature

I looked at it [revolver] as if it reminded me of a crime I had committed with an irrepressible smile such as rises sometimes to people’s lips in the face of great catastrophes which are beyond their grasp, the smile that comes at times on certain women’s faces while they are saying they regret the harm they have done. It is the smile of nature quietly and proudly asserting its natural right to kill. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#crime #nature-s-right-to-kill #regret #revolver #smile

Anxiety's like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#humor #simile #humor