Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. ― Mark Strand

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We forge the chains we wear in life._ Charles Dickens

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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends. ― Epicurus

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There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. ― Stephen Chbosky

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Happiness is a warm puppy.― Charles M. Schulz

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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications are not your life. — J.K. Rowling

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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

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the point of losing something precious - be it happiness of material wealth - can be forgotten over time. but our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache. or perhaps what haunts us is that nagging thought that things might have turned out differently. because without the thought, we would put it down to fate and accept it.

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Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you. — Mary Lou Retton

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True happiness is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller

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