Quotes About Joy

There was no harm done; and what would a Resurrection be without a few laughs?

The flawlessly beautiful were flawlessly happy, weren't they?

Si el amor se alimenta de música, seguid tocando (Shakepeare)

what would a Resurrection be without a few laughs?

He was not happier at his mother's nipple than in that ring of demons.

Things came and went away; that was a kind of magic. And in between? Pursuits and conjurings, horrors, guises. The occasional joy. That there was room for joy, ah! that was magic too.

When one loves one's work, time and inconvenience have little meaning.

The symphony of motherhood, it's about loving with absolute abandon, loving without regard for self, loving with a near totality of being. It's about a passion that could outburn the sun with its brightness. About a depthless hope and a fierce, rending joy.

Having a ten-year-old daughter can be like living with a fairy. Something magical.

Time spent with a cat is never wasted.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

I think everyone should love life above everything else in the world,' Alyosha tells him. 'Love life regardless of the meaning of it?' 'Certainly—it must be regardless of logic—'it's only then one can understand its meaning.

It was not enough to survive, you have to live—

The secret triumph you keep in your heart.

What's wrong with Disneyland? It brings joy to millions and tutors children about the corporate, overbranded world they've been born into.

Cora hoped the musicians wouldn't think them rude for their inattention. It was unlikely. Playing their music as freemen and not chattel was probably still a cherished novelty. To attack the melody without the burden of providing one of the sole comforts of their slave village. To practice their art with liberty and joy.

Gloria laughed at them and said that she'd overtaken grief a long time ago, that she was tired of everyone wanting to go to heaven, nobody wanting to die. The only thing worth grieving over, she said, was that sometimes there was more beauty in this life than the world could bear.

Every need I have is met and most of my desires. I have a peace and joy in my life that I don't even understand. So, this can't be anything but God.

Although," Gilley continued, "I have been contemplating adopting a puppy.

If you celebrate your differentness, the world will, too. It believes exactly what you tell it—through the words you use to describe yourself, the actions you take to care for yourself, and the choices you make to express yourself. Tell the world you are one-of-a-kind creation who came here to experience wonder and spread joy. Expect to be accommodated.

Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)

T[his isn't just "another day, another dollar." It's more like "another day, another miracle." (213)

You know how we're thinking about food these days, less in terms of carbs and calories than in terms of color, vivacity, and life force? We can do the same with time. Then it's no longer about having enough of it but about infusing color and vivacity and life force into every moment. (279)