I want to love you wildly. I don’t want words, but inarticulate cries, meaningless, from the bottom of my most primitive being, that flow from my belly like honey. A piercing joy, that leaves me empty, conquered, silenced.

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A flower blossoms for its own joy. ― Oscar Wilde

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The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.― Charles Dickens

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Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its spring deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. ― Samuel Gordon

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That side of our existence whose direction is towards the infinite that seeks not wealth, but freedom and joy.

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It is not selfish to be happy. It is your highest purpose. Your joy is the greatest contribution you can make to life on the planet. A heart at peace with its owner blesses everyone it touches.

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Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.― Author-Poet Aberjhani

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The sweet pleasure of your own joy and success is a cultivation of both the heart and mind. ― Bryant McGill

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I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.

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Love: I recognize the emotion for what it is, an irrational self-destructive impulse, which is disguised as joy.

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