#happiness

"Love Fades [10w] Like our love,Chinese painters show distance in faded grays."

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

"Take responsibility for your own happiness, do not expect people or things to bring you happiness, or you could be disappointed."

"right in this moment, I can´t even remember what unhappy feels like."

"You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter. You aren't cold. You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay. If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an istant. And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry.-Rachel to Julia"

"My art is that of the 35mm kind; my poetry is of the lead and ink kind; my happiness is of the product of both; and my legacy is of the story of my soul, that my life left behind"

"The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency."

"A friend is a friend who continues to love you and like you when you don't love him or like him any more."

"There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time."

"Flattery [10w] Flattery is the only passport that will get you everywhere"

"Be Grateful- Your Life is a Miracle."

"Be like a branch of a tree; flex your body to face 'wind of sorrow'; flex little harder to dance in the 'wind of happiness'."

"When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leafto turn away from the sun -- it loves it there.There's nothing so spiritual about being happybut you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last."

"The Poet's Disease My body atrophies.My mind swells.Imagination's become my crutch."

"How to Save the World [10w] When true love floods in, it could float an ark."

"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."

"Vices [10w] Cultivate vices;to be without them is not to be."

"Darkness Darkness is a decision the light cannot dissuade."

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."

"Diplomacy The diplomat's expert way of saying 'They should go fuck themselves' is:"We are agreed in principleand will take our minor differencesunder thoughful consideration."