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Happiness is a strange thing. It is something I tend to recognize only after it has passed, when I realize I miss it. ↗

— Claire Holden Rothman

#life #regret #life

For all those who longed to find a best friend and found it in themselves ↗

— Sandra Kring

#self-sufficiency #self-worth #self-worth

Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. But in real life it is different. Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualifications. Our Guildensterns play Hamlet for us, and our Hamlets have to jest like Prince Hal. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#satire #shakespeare #humor

But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and with an unsurvivable trust. It just saved your miserable life, that questionable show of thought, my itchy-witch.' Al’s smile shifted, becoming lighter. 'And now you will live to possibly regret it. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#demons #fiction #rachel-morgan #supernatural #life

Pain is a byproduct of life. That’s the truth. Life sometimes sucks. That’s true for everyone. But if you don’t face the pain and the suck, you don’t ever get the other things either. Laughter. Joy. Love. Pain passes, but those things are worth fighting for. Worth dying for. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#life #pain #life

I always had this idea that you should never give up a happy middle in the hopes of a happy ending, because there is no such thing as a happy ending. Do you know what I mean? There is so much to lose ↗

— John Green

#life #risks #life

Everyone in life has a purpose, even if it's to serve as a bad example ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#life

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile. ↗

— Adriana Trigiani

#smile #life

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#life #literature #life

Life isn't a book. There's no guarantee of a happy ending. ↗

— Kristin Cast

#zoey-redbird #life