“People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.”
―
Thich Nhat Hanh,
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“What? I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman.” ― Warren Ellis
“Shelby handed off her bouquet and faced Luke, taking both his hands in hers. And shebegan: “Luke, I love you. I promise that each day I have you in my life, I will show you my love.”Noah's eyes drifted to Ellie's and a smile played about his lips as the bride and groomspoke.“Shelby, I love you. In each day of our lives together, I will show my love. And wherethere is injury, I will pardon without hesitation.”“Where there is doubt, Luke, I will have faith in you.”“In times of despair, you will be my hope.”“In times of darkness, I will find my light in you.”“When there is sadness, let me bring you joy.”“Luke, I will not so much seek to be consoled as to console.”“I will seek to understand, not just to be understood.”“I will love, not just crave love.”“I pledge you my heart, my life.”“And I pledge mine to you.”“I, Luke Riordan, take you, Shelby MacIntyre, to be wife, my best friend, my lover, my partner, the head of my family and other half of my heart. Forever.” He slid a ring on her finger.Shelby slid a ring onto his finger. “I, Shelby MacIntyre, take you, Luke Riordan, to be myhusband, best friend, lover, partner, head of my family and other half of my heart. Forever.” ― Robyn Carr, Forbidden Falls
“The only person who's ever really hurt me is you. And I keep letting you.""Ellie," he sounded in pain as he took a step toward me.He stopped though, the pain transferring to his eyes when I moved away from him."I do love you," he admitted and instead of feeling joy at those words, the last piece of me holding onto hope crumbled.I shook my head. "But not enough” ― Samantha Young, Until Fountain Bridge
“These questions are punctuated by other questions, as diverse as "Will I ever do time?" and "Did this girl have a trusting heart?" The smell of meat and blood clouds up the condo until I don't notice it anymore. And later my macabre joy sours and I'm weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing "I just want to be loved," cursing the earth and everything I have been taught: principles, distinctions, choices, morals, compromises, knowledge, unity, prayer - all of it was wrong, without any final purpose. All it came down to was: die or adapt. I imagine my own vacant face, the disembodied voice coming from its mouth: These are terrible times. Maggots already writhe across the human sausage, the drool pouring from my lips dribbles over them, and still I can't tell if I'm cooking any of this correctly, because I'm crying too hard and I have never really cooked anything before.” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“And later my macabre joy sours and I'm weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing, "I just want to be loved," cursing the earth and everything I have been taught: principles, distinctions, choices, morals, compromises, knowledge, unity, prayer - all of it was wrong, without any final purpose.” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“The expense of making yourself panicked, enraged, and self-pitying is enormous. In time and money lost. In needless effort spent. In uncalled-for mental anguish. In sabotaging others’ happiness. In foolishly frittering away potential joy during the one life—yes, the one life—you’ll probably ever have.” ― Albert Ellis, How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything – Yes, Anything!
“In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes here follow my Usually-Sometimes-Rarely philosophy. Notice there is no Never.” ― Ellie Krieger, The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life
“Because nothing’s real. The dark changes things.” ― Joy Ellis, Beware the Past
“And later my macabre joy sours and I’m weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing “I just want to be loved,” cursing the earth and everything I have been taught:” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“And later my macabre joy sours and I’m weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing “I just want to be loved,” cursing the earth and everything I have been taught: principles, distinctions, choices, morals, compromises, knowledge, unity, prayer—all of it was wrong, without any final purpose. All it came down to was: die or adapt.” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“Though solitude, endured too long,Bids youthful joys too soon decay,Makes mirth a stranger to my tongue,And overclouds my noon of day;When kindly thoughts that would have way,Flow back discouraged to my breast;I know there is, though far away,A home where heart and soul may rest.Warm hands are there, that, clasped in mine,The warmer heart will not belie;While mirth, and truth, and friendship shineIn smiling lip and earnest eye.The ice that gathers round my heartMay there be thawed; and sweetly, then,The joys of youth, that now depart,Will come to cheer my soul again.” ― Anne Brontë, Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
“Small things bring joy, somedays.” ― Warren Ellis, Crooked Little Vein
“You know when someone says, “I’m fine!” too often? You know damn well they are lying.” ― Joy Ellis, The Fourth Friend
“And who knows, thought Cadfael, which is in the right, the young man who sees the best in all, and trusts all, or the old one who suspects all until he has probed them through and through? The one may stumble into a snare now and then, but at least enjoy sunshine along the way, between falls. The other may never miss his footing, but seldom experience joy. Better find a way somewhere between!” ― Ellis Peters, A Rare Benedictine
“Your essays spoke of beauty, of love, of light and darkness, of joy and sorrow, and of the goodness of life. They were wonderful compositions. I have seldom read any that have touched me more.To thank you and your teacher Mrs. Ellis, I am sending you what I think is one of the most beautiful and miraculous things in the world—an egg. I have a goose named Felicity and she lays about forty eggs every spring. It takes her almost three months to accomplish this. Each egg is a perfect thing. I am mailing you one of Felicity's eggs. The insides have been removed—blown out—so the egg should last forever. I hope you will enjoy seeing this great egg and loving it. Thank you for sending me your essays about being somebody. I was pleased that so many of you felt the beauty and goodness of the world. If we feel that when we are young, then there is great hope for us when we grow older.” ― E.B. White
“My knees shook as they descended upon me like vultures, squeezing the life out of my fragile bones. Never had I witnessed such a loud group of guys who got wound up so high over nothing. All they did was hoot over Ellis’s new apartment and belch the school’s theme song. Joy.” ― Wade Kelly, My Roommate's a Jock? Well, Crap!
“If we can accept the laws of the universe, the ebb and flow of joy and tragedy, then we have everything we need to embrace our true freedom.” ― Sarah Winman
“Your whole life had broken down, Carter. It was chaos. It’s quite natural that you now choose to live in a carefully structured environment. You have control over your world when everything is in its correct place.” ― Joy Ellis, The Fourth Friend
“What? I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman.” ― Warren Ellis
“Shelby handed off her bouquet and faced Luke, taking both his hands in hers. And shebegan: “Luke, I love you. I promise that each day I have you in my life, I will show you my love.”Noah's eyes drifted to Ellie's and a smile played about his lips as the bride and groomspoke.“Shelby, I love you. In each day of our lives together, I will show my love. And wherethere is injury, I will pardon without hesitation.”“Where there is doubt, Luke, I will have faith in you.”“In times of despair, you will be my hope.”“In times of darkness, I will find my light in you.”“When there is sadness, let me bring you joy.”“Luke, I will not so much seek to be consoled as to console.”“I will seek to understand, not just to be understood.”“I will love, not just crave love.”“I pledge you my heart, my life.”“And I pledge mine to you.”“I, Luke Riordan, take you, Shelby MacIntyre, to be wife, my best friend, my lover, my partner, the head of my family and other half of my heart. Forever.” He slid a ring on her finger.Shelby slid a ring onto his finger. “I, Shelby MacIntyre, take you, Luke Riordan, to be myhusband, best friend, lover, partner, head of my family and other half of my heart. Forever.” ― Robyn Carr, Forbidden Falls
“The only person who's ever really hurt me is you. And I keep letting you.""Ellie," he sounded in pain as he took a step toward me.He stopped though, the pain transferring to his eyes when I moved away from him."I do love you," he admitted and instead of feeling joy at those words, the last piece of me holding onto hope crumbled.I shook my head. "But not enough” ― Samantha Young, Until Fountain Bridge
“These questions are punctuated by other questions, as diverse as "Will I ever do time?" and "Did this girl have a trusting heart?" The smell of meat and blood clouds up the condo until I don't notice it anymore. And later my macabre joy sours and I'm weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing "I just want to be loved," cursing the earth and everything I have been taught: principles, distinctions, choices, morals, compromises, knowledge, unity, prayer - all of it was wrong, without any final purpose. All it came down to was: die or adapt. I imagine my own vacant face, the disembodied voice coming from its mouth: These are terrible times. Maggots already writhe across the human sausage, the drool pouring from my lips dribbles over them, and still I can't tell if I'm cooking any of this correctly, because I'm crying too hard and I have never really cooked anything before.” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“And later my macabre joy sours and I'm weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing, "I just want to be loved," cursing the earth and everything I have been taught: principles, distinctions, choices, morals, compromises, knowledge, unity, prayer - all of it was wrong, without any final purpose.” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“The expense of making yourself panicked, enraged, and self-pitying is enormous. In time and money lost. In needless effort spent. In uncalled-for mental anguish. In sabotaging others’ happiness. In foolishly frittering away potential joy during the one life—yes, the one life—you’ll probably ever have.” ― Albert Ellis, How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything – Yes, Anything!
“In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes here follow my Usually-Sometimes-Rarely philosophy. Notice there is no Never.” ― Ellie Krieger, The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life
“Because nothing’s real. The dark changes things.” ― Joy Ellis, Beware the Past
“And later my macabre joy sours and I’m weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing “I just want to be loved,” cursing the earth and everything I have been taught:” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“And later my macabre joy sours and I’m weeping for myself, unable to find solace in any of this, crying out, sobbing “I just want to be loved,” cursing the earth and everything I have been taught: principles, distinctions, choices, morals, compromises, knowledge, unity, prayer—all of it was wrong, without any final purpose. All it came down to was: die or adapt.” ― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
“Though solitude, endured too long,Bids youthful joys too soon decay,Makes mirth a stranger to my tongue,And overclouds my noon of day;When kindly thoughts that would have way,Flow back discouraged to my breast;I know there is, though far away,A home where heart and soul may rest.Warm hands are there, that, clasped in mine,The warmer heart will not belie;While mirth, and truth, and friendship shineIn smiling lip and earnest eye.The ice that gathers round my heartMay there be thawed; and sweetly, then,The joys of youth, that now depart,Will come to cheer my soul again.” ― Anne Brontë, Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
“Small things bring joy, somedays.” ― Warren Ellis, Crooked Little Vein
“You know when someone says, “I’m fine!” too often? You know damn well they are lying.” ― Joy Ellis, The Fourth Friend
“And who knows, thought Cadfael, which is in the right, the young man who sees the best in all, and trusts all, or the old one who suspects all until he has probed them through and through? The one may stumble into a snare now and then, but at least enjoy sunshine along the way, between falls. The other may never miss his footing, but seldom experience joy. Better find a way somewhere between!” ― Ellis Peters, A Rare Benedictine
“Your essays spoke of beauty, of love, of light and darkness, of joy and sorrow, and of the goodness of life. They were wonderful compositions. I have seldom read any that have touched me more.To thank you and your teacher Mrs. Ellis, I am sending you what I think is one of the most beautiful and miraculous things in the world—an egg. I have a goose named Felicity and she lays about forty eggs every spring. It takes her almost three months to accomplish this. Each egg is a perfect thing. I am mailing you one of Felicity's eggs. The insides have been removed—blown out—so the egg should last forever. I hope you will enjoy seeing this great egg and loving it. Thank you for sending me your essays about being somebody. I was pleased that so many of you felt the beauty and goodness of the world. If we feel that when we are young, then there is great hope for us when we grow older.” ― E.B. White
“My knees shook as they descended upon me like vultures, squeezing the life out of my fragile bones. Never had I witnessed such a loud group of guys who got wound up so high over nothing. All they did was hoot over Ellis’s new apartment and belch the school’s theme song. Joy.” ― Wade Kelly, My Roommate's a Jock? Well, Crap!
“If we can accept the laws of the universe, the ebb and flow of joy and tragedy, then we have everything we need to embrace our true freedom.” ― Sarah Winman
“Your whole life had broken down, Carter. It was chaos. It’s quite natural that you now choose to live in a carefully structured environment. You have control over your world when everything is in its correct place.” ― Joy Ellis, The Fourth Friend
