It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be. ― Sanhita Baruah

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Happiness earned, not given. ― Toba Beta

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There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world. ― Hillary DePiano

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Everyone has a right to be a little happy, asshole. ― John Irving

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She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy. ― Jane Austen, Emma

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The greatest happiness is when the eye discovers beauty where neither then mind conceived of nor the hand intended any. ― Orhan Pamuk

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Sometimes I think of you and I feel giddy. Memory makes me lightheaded, drunk on champagne. All the things we did. And if anyone has said this was the price I would have agreed to pay it. That surprises me; that with the hurt and the mess comes a shift of recognition. It was worth it. Love is worth it. ― Jeanette Winterson

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I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. ― Andy Rooney

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Let us not hesitate to surrender to our desire and our passion for joy when we are willing to be reborn from the ashes of a lost past and feel ready to burn down desperation and boredom. (''Happiness is blowing in the wind'') ― Erik Pevernagie

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It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him. ― Max Planck

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