That we were all so happy. It seems unimaginable. All that happiness, wrecked. ― Paula Hawkins

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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles. — Nelson Mandela

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For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain? ― Joyce Carol Oates

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Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression and respect._ Alain De Botton

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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ― George Washington

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My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. ― Michael J. Fox

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Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different. – Stacey Charter

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle

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Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs. ― Mike Rowe

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