#happiness

"and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter"

"And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight."

"Cookie Cutter Criticism A critic tried to fit my sense of humor in a cookie cutter,but it wouldn't fit his preconceived shape of what comedy should be.So he pressed harder, and harder and harder until the cookie cutter cut a cookie shaperight through the palm of his hand.It doesn't hurt anymore when the critic tries to slap me in the face.There's no more hot-air resistance."

"First Day at Harvard [10w] Smartest kid in the roomwalks into room of competitors."

"Rebellious Fish [10w] Sometimes swimming against the current turns you into glazed salmon."

"The most important reason for your “no” is that you need your downtime so you won’t behave like a jerk because you’re depleted. And you don’t want to battle an appetite spiked by the stress of overcommitment. But that’s your secret; others don’t need that information. So just smile, say no, thank you, and keep moving."

"Voodoo I'm phobic about pins and needles.Can I just stick a voodoo doll in the microwave?"

"Madness [10w] Madness isn't an objective state,it is a cultural bias."

"To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness."

"Happiness,... even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is sharing in Eternity."

"Recipe for Love [10w] Recipe for love:compatibilityattraction ~just add penis and stir."

"What is God? (60) [10w] God's always the correct answer once you rephrase the question."

"Integrity [10w] There’s no indignity men of integrity aren’t willing to endure."

"No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy."

"You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness."

"There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy was I.The memory of it makes me laugh now, but not from happiness.Be careful what you show the world.You never know when the wolf is watching."

"Every day is not a day to master but an adventure to experience."

"Straight Men vs. Curved Women [10w] 'Straight' men who approach 'curved' women must'mind the gap'."

"[Happiness is] a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect to a life lived well."

"Wedding Veil [10w] + {Couplet} A wedding veil's of no availbecause virginity's a fairy-tale."