Quotes About Enjoyment

any child could have told me that when you are enjoying yourself within sight of a grown-up it is only a matter of time before the fun ends. And

Reading a novel after reading semiotic theory was like jogging empty-handed after jogging with hand weights. What exquisite guilt she felt, wickedly enjoying narrative! Madeleine felt safe with a nineteenth century novel. There were going to be people in it. Something was going to happen to them in a place resembling the world. Then too there were lots of weddings in Wharton and Austen. There were all kinds of irresistible gloomy men.

The experience of watching Leonard get better was like reading certain difficult books. It was like plowing through late James, or the pages about agrarian reform in Anna Karenina, until you suddenly got to a good part again, which kept on getting better and better until you were so enthralled that you were almost grateful for the previous dull stretch because it increased your eventual pleasure.

I feel like my takeaway from tonight is that it's okay to love shitty television, provided that you make an effort to appreciate other kinds of entertainment.

This way, when I do have something like special-occasion engagement cake, I can enjoy the whole damn thing without a twinge of remorse. I

donut can give you the kind of hug from inside that celery just can't muster.

Juliette made her feel almost normal. Was the ME better at working with the dead than the rest of them? Perhaps seeing the unpredictability of life daily on the autopsy table gave her the capacity to enjoy each moment. But Nadine preferred puppies.

It had looked so simple when she'd made it, but when he cut into it and tasted it, he realized he'd missed some stuff while he'd been making coffee. There were herbs in there or spices or something, and the egg was light- Fluffy , he thought- and the pepper still had crunch to it but was buttery, too.

He began to eat, only half-distracted by Agnes's food this time- the ham crisp and sweet, the cakes thick and light, studded with pecans, the syrup falling in ropes to mix with the melting butter

I collect new books the way my friends collect designer handbags. Sometimes, I just like to know I have them and actually reading them is beside the point. Not that I don't eventually end up reading them. I do. But the mere act of buying them makes me happy.

Worry less, enjoy more, because more often than not, things will work out anyway.

I like blogs. they're good times.

You don't get perfect-but I was going to grab this happiness and hold it as tightly as I could. I was going to enjoy it for as long as it lasted.

And remember-no woman ever said, on her deathbed, I wish I'd eaten less cake.

The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry.

Cultivate, I said, a sense of humor. From a humorous point of view this lunch is rather good.

Eat good dinners and drink good wine; read good novels if you have the leisure and see good plays; fall in love, if there is no reason why you should not fall in love; but do not pore over influenza statistics.

Metiet lauk? grabažas, cilv?ki! Lai j?su dz?ves laiva ir viegla, lai taj? atrodams tikai visnepieciešam?kais - m?j?gs nams un vienk?ršas izpriecas. P?ris draugu, kas ir š? v?rda v?rti, k?ds, kas m?l j?s un kam j?s atbildat ar pretm?lest?bu, ka?is, suns un viena vai divas p?pes, pietiekami daudz ?diena un dr?nu, un mazliet vair?k nek? pietiekami - dz?rienu, jo sl?pes ir drausm?gs posts.

They took him to Wagner festivals and Burne-Jones's private views. They read him all the minor poets. They booked seats for him at all Ibsen's plays. They introduced him into all the most soulful circles of artistic society. His days were one long feast of other people's enjoyments.

I like a bit of fun myself. But not if you've got to pay for it. Where's the fun in that?

O inglês típico, sabemos pelo velho cronista Froissart, aprecia seus prazeres com angústia; já a mulher inglesa vai um passo além: é na própria angústia que busca o prazer.

All life is about the company you keep. All enjoyment is about the company you keep. A gourmet meal with an asshole is a horrible meal. A hot dog with an interesting person is an amazing meal. - Chris Rock

I'm that way, goofy as it sounds. Sometimes I don't want things to happen-I'm talking about good things, even wonderful things-because once they happen, I can't look forward to them anymore. But there's an upside, too. Once a wonderful thing is over, I'm not all that sad because then I can start thinking about it, reliving and reliving it in the virtual world in my head.

And Palmer, he couldn't decide, or rather, he didn't want to decide. He simply wanted to enjoy: the bright spring day, the company of his friends. There was nothing he wanted to do—he simply wanted to be. But this was not something he could explain to himself, much less to the guys.