happiness

"Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

"It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have."

"Happiness is something you lay siege to, it is a battle like a game of go. I will take hold of all the pain and snuff it out."

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim."

"...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment."

"I think now that maybe true sweetness can only happen in limbo."

"Happily Single"is recognizing that you don’t need or want to be rescued from your life by a handsome prince because your life is pretty awesome, as is."

"Stop waiting for the right person to come into your life. Be the right person to come to someone’s life"

"Control of consciousness determines the quality of life."

"Not everything is about you,"Clary said furiously."Possibly,"Jace said, "but you do have to admit that the majority of things are."

"There are hours for rest, and hours for wakefulness; nights for sobriety and nights for drunkenness—(if only so that possession of the former allows us to discern the latter when we have it; for sad as it is, no human body can be happily drunk all the time)."

"and we laugh and laugh andall I know isat this moment I feel likeI can do anything I wantand be anyone I wantand go anywhere on the globeand still call it home"

"And from the midst of cheerless gloomI passed to bright unclouded day."

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters."

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."

"If you really want to be happy, don't just go for the money. Go for the relationship that lasts. Go for things of greater value."

"Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it."

"A life of happiness, peace, and love is all within our grasp."

"Love is too precious to be ashamed of."

"The big reason why folks leave a small town,' Rant used to say, 'is so they can moon over the idea of going back. And the reason they stay put is so they can moon about getting out.'Rant meant that no one is happy, anywhere."