Quotes About Joy

She laughed. "You're kind.

She can hear me?" "She probably can. I think so." I put his hand on Nana's and my hand on top of his. "Go ahead." "Hi, Nana!" he said as if Nana were hard of hearing, and it was difficult not to laugh. "Inside-the-house voice, buddy," Bree said. "But good enthusiasm there. I'll bet Nana heard you.

I hope when you grow up everything you want comes your way, but especially love. When its true. when its right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.

You know hoe most people dread a birthday... Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be with you.

You only have a few times in your life to really cut loose, so you might as well take them when they come.

slim, brightly wrapped package

You may not know this, but it's an accepted fact that no room is completely done until furnished with a child's giggle.

each other and laughed.

All I'm saying is that laughing is healthy. A lot healthier than getting socked in the stomach.

So, how do you make a tissue dance?" I cringe a bit. "Put a little boogey in it?

laughed as hard as I did—harder sometimes. I kept sneaking glances at her: shoulders shaking, handkerchief pressed to her mouth. I was happy she was having such a good time. I was no author, no satirist, no raconteur, but I did know that the humor of this man Clemens was different. Besides being funny, every word he spoke was the absolute truth.

The thing about kids for some people—for me anyway—is that they complete your life, make some kind of sense out of it, even if they do drive you crazy sometimes. The pain is worth the gain.

Ready, guys?" said Mom. "Let's make the most of this. I hear the Gunkledunks are beautiful this time of year!" Georgia stacked up her bills into one huge pile. "Can we stop at the bank first?" she

A man knows he's in love when he's totally happy just watching his girlfriend do even the simplest things—peeling an apple, combing her hair, fluffing up a bed pillow, laughing.

Now, I don't know if you can appreciate this without actually knowing her, but getting Mrs. Stricker to laugh is like getting an octopus to stand up on two legs.

I love what I do, and I'm not doing anything either for money or for the sake of some unfulfilled ambition.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

At times, I've been incapacitated by anxiety and unhappiness. You really know what joy is if you have experienced the opposite.

Inequality doesn't create unhappiness.

Unhappiness isn't just the result of genetics or past trauma or career trouble. I think that some of our unhappiness is simply due to the burden of all our things.

Toledo is better than exciting, it's happy. Because nothing is more conducive to unhappiness than taking yourself seriously, and taking yourself seriously is difficult when you're baseball team is the Mud Hens.

You can't be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy.