Quotes About Contentment

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)

People who want things to be perfect are always impossible to please. But that doesn't mean we should stop trying. Even

If I'm just The Guy With Norah, that's cool. Right now, that's all I want to be. All the other things I am—they're too complicated. I can feel them lying in wait, planning their return.

He can sometimes act a bit loner-ish, but I think that's not because he's some serial killer waiting to happen; he's just his own best company sometimes. And he's comfortable with that. I guess there's nothing wrong with that.

It seemed weird to me that he'd spent his Christmas alone Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and had seemed to like it. He hadn't seemed to think anyone should feel sorry for him about that, either.

People who want things to be perfect are always impossible to please. But

Pain is all I know. He murmured. Peace is all I want

They found her with a nearly empty snifter of brandy on the nightstand, a book by her favorite novelist turned to the last page, and a smile on her face.

I am amazed that there are still nights when I sleep well.

The less I have, the less I can lose.

The last twenty years had not been kind to him. He looked beaten by time, shrunken by care- and glad to be gone.

life's about living and being happy, not about dying.

Until then, there is joy, which by the way does not, as was once thought, require contrast with fear and pain to keep its zing.

Taciturnity sometimes could be a sign of a healthy ego that did not require constant gratification

I'm sure that your life is filled with as much happiness, charm, wonder, and abiding fear as anyone could wish.

If you're still, and if you don't hope too much, peace will come to you. It's a grace.

Envy, Bob. Envy eats them alive. If you had money, they'd envy you that. But since you don't, they envy you for having such a good, bright, loving daughter. They envy you for just being a happy man. They envy you for not envying them. One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

I do not wish to shine. I prefer shadows, quiet, periods of solitude. I do not wish to be noticed. If one is all but invisible to others, one cannot be envied, inspire anger or suspicion. Near invisibility is a way of life that I recommend.

I don't desire a change of scenery or exotic experiences. My heart yearns for familiarity, stability, the comfort of home — and my sanity depends on it.

She says that each of us has his or her role in life, and if we know ourselves well enough to understand what that role is, we will be happy doing nothing but what we can do best.

One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

the single-story house

We sometimes take refuge in misery, a strange kind of comfort... But no matter what happens in life, happiness is there for us, waiting to be embraced.

She is not happy, nor is she unhappy; she takes pleasure in her endurance.