Quotes About Joy

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder without any such gift from the fairies, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder . . . he [or she] needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.

No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life. (Nick, page 156)

It broke the spell. It's not that I stopped being happy. I was still inexplicably, utterly happy. But suddenly the happiness had implications.

Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that special person. That person to spend Christmas with or grow old with or just take a nice silly walk in Central Park with

Dash believed in magic. Dash loved Christmas. Dash loved me!

What I was sure of was that the bagpipes had begun to play "Fairytale of New York"—which is basically the best Christmas song ever written.

No—when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.

Christmas could begin. Magic could happen.

Memo to Merle Haggard: Miracles really do happen. I

Snarl sent me candy! Oh, how I might love him!)

But there was something so empty about the prospect of a Christmas Day without opening presents

What do I want for Christmas?" He looked thoughtful for a second, then said, "World peace?" "Not helpful!

Snarl must love Christmas as much as me, I decided.

Tap Life on the shoulders and fall a little more in love.

My grandmother," Ester said, "wished not to trap her love into taking her. She said a heart is a free thing, and once enslaved will mutiny. She said she wished the Englishman's eyes to see her ever in beauty and joy, and never as something pitiable, for his memory of her was her greatest treasure.

This blessing," she said to him. "To dream such glad dreams that you wake laughing.

To learn to play seriously is one of the great secrets of spiritual exploration.

At the landing, Mommy turns to us and says, "Let's let the puppy go pish," so she opens the door and he scoots into the snow outside.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

He would never need a knife to spread a pat of butter on his toast. That smile would quickly melt it.

No one will disagree that bringing laughter to children in a dark world is admirable.

On the other hand, dogs eat with gusto, play with exuberance, work happily when given the opportunity, surrender themselves to the wonder and the mystery of their world, and love extravagantly.

Like all of us, I was born for joy. This broken world, however, breaks most of us, grinding relentlessly on its metaled tracks.