Quotes About Joy

Aquella noche Mijail me contó que él creía que la vida nos concede a cada uno de nosotros unos escasos momentos de pura felicidad. A veces son sólo dias o semanas. A veces, años. Todo depende de nuestra fortuna. El recuerdo de esos momentos nos acompaña para siempre y se transforma en un país de la memoria al que tratamos de regresar durante el resto de nuestra vida sin consegurilo.

Those times, against all expectations, were turning out to be good times. Then he felt afraid, because he knew they couldn't last long and those stolen drops of happiness and peace would evaporate.

Presents are made for the pleasure of the one who gives them, not for the merits of those who recieve them

Poklon se daje zbog radosti onog ko poklanja, a ne zbog zasluga onog ko prima.

Life flies by, especially the bit that's worth living.

He believed that life gives us all a few moments of happiness. For some they last hours or days, for a few lucky ones they last for years. The memories from those moments stays with us forever and turns into a country of memory to which we try to go back for the rest of our lives without ever being able to

A bit of exercise lifts the spirit. (The Angel's Game)

Az ajándékot mindenki a saját örömére adja, nem annak az érdemeiért, aki kapja.

el simple acto de respirar era la experiencia más maravillosa que había conocido en toda su existencia.

I had never heard of the title or the author, but I didn't care. The decision had been taken. I took the book down with great care and leafed through the pages, letting them flutter. Once liberated from its prison on the shelf, it shed a cloud of golden dust. Pleased with my choice I tucked it under my arm and retraced my steps through the labyrinth, a smile on my lips.

FERMÍN CAME TO WORK BORNE ON the wings of Cupid, smiling and whistling boleros. In any other

Ebben az életben senki sem lehet ingyen boldog, egyetlen pillanatra sem.

When she saw me her face lit up and she smiled, making me instantly forget the endless days of misery I'd spent trying to find her. I sat down next to her.

La vida pasa volando, especialmente la parte que vale la pena vivir.

the heart of a girl is like a fireworks stand under the summer sun.

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not for the merits of who receives them," said my father.

La luz vaporosa de las farolas de las Ramblas - como el primer chupetón a un caramelo Sugus- siempre le había parecido una de esas cosas por las que vale la pena vivir un día más.

I believe that in the world there are no better people or a better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and they have the sweetest speech in the world and [they are] gentle and always laughing

May we all soon go about as our real selves and take joy in it, saying, yes, yes, to whatever we are.

She is always there for each and every one of us, particles of atoms, cells, animals, and human animals. We are precious in Her sight. She understands and remembers us with unending sympathy. She inspires us to live creatively, joyfully, and in harmony with others in the web of life. Yet choice is ours.

Learning to skip has brought control into her life. Whenever she feels at all sad she switches into this wholly happy gait, sliding, hopping, and sliding again; when doing this, it seems as though her head separates from her body, making her feel dizzy and emptied out of bad thoughts. Does anyone else in the world know this trick, she wonders. Probably not, though her mother sometimes waves at her from the window, waves and smiles.

A pound of joy weighs more When grief has gone before.

Let's go get ice cream!" cried Janie.

Summer. That long lovely world of slow days and late nights, warm air and friendly sun.