Quotes On The Pursuit Of Happiness Novels & Stories

she whispered. There may be no lasting happiness in this world. However, living with the people we love, strengthening and accompanying each other, is absolute happiness. -THE END-

"You're my daughter. And you should remember that you're not a martyr, okay? I'm not telling you to be selfish. But sometimes, it's okay to be." I want to be happy, but if it costs another's happiness...I don't think I deserve to rejoice at all... But Papa is right. I am no martyr. "Remember, aut inveniam viam aut faciam." Papa told me this a lot of times. It's a Latin quote. I shall either find a way, or make one. I couldn't sleep properly that night. Everything was being absorbed into my brain. What happens next? Will I be stuck in this chapter of my life? Or should I find a way?

~~~~LANCE'S POV~~~~ There is this quote that says, "Happiness isn't the absence of pain but the triumph over it." After every storm, the sun rises, and after every heartbreak, love finds its way back. I have known darkness, regret, and loss—but today, I choose happiness. I choose the future and not the past. As I stepped out of the bathroom with the towel wrapped around my waist, my eyes landed on a small framed picture on my table. I picked it up, my fingers brushing against the glass.

They missed the watermelons back home, but I couldn't even afford to let them have a taste of home before their passing. My hands shook in rage even as I watched Sally and Sean dote on each other, and as I wobbled out of the room, Sally leaned on Sean's chest and asked, "Don't you think Rachel will leave you because of me? I knew it—I should stay abroad with our son. I'd be an eyesore here." "It's fine, don't worry," Sean promptly replied. "She got pregnant without being married at thirty—no man will want her if she leaves me."

It was just that love wasn't enough was it? "I think that sometimes it could be multiple things and sometimes it could be nothing." The other girl turned to look at her, and then, "What do you mean?" "I think it doesn't matter, nothing does." "People always make a big deal about this 'thing' that one needs to focus on, this passion that's supposed to be the door to happiness. Meaning that if you don't find that 'thing' then you're doomed. I think that we're gonna be here a long time, the least we should do is try to make the most of this time. Seek happiness itself as opposed to the thing that's supposed to be the key to it." Kayla explained.

He would have said more but I immediately cut it off with a question that made him stop. A sad smile crept on my lips. "If ever I die, will I be happy too?"

“Now, that I have your love and affection, there is nothing more that I could want for in this world.” Mira smiled through her tears. “This is enough… this memory is enough for a lifetime even if it doesn’t last. You don’t have to be burdened or weighed down by anything. All I want is for you to be happy.” Jack spoke his mind. He would never have said these words which were hidden deep within his heart, nor did he know why he did…. But he did… Little did he know that this was the effect of the hot spring… one of its side effects were clarity of vision. Sometimes things buried within your heart… your deepest fears can in itself be determinantal if it is not shared and discussed.

There's no point sitting around and waiting for fate to do the work because believe me, I did that and I was nowhere near happy. So, the age-old question, Are you happy? It's not really a good question if you think about it... It should be more like, 'Could you be happy?' or 'Are you trying to be happy? or even 'Will you be happy?'. No one is happy all the time because happiness is the result of learning and learning is the result of pain. It's the people that don't know what to do with that pain that can't be happy. I didn't know what to do with it! Sometimes, I still don't. Other times, I just take it and I cherish it, I cherish the way it made me feel and I declare that I never want anyon

I leaned down and pressed my forehead against hers. “This life and the next, and it will still never be enough.” Over the years we’d been through so much. There we were, busy with work and children and life. There was no more pain, no more fear, only love and happiness. Forever. The End

When Dimitri found me years ago, he told me something I’ll never forget: “We don’t get happy endings, cousin. We get power. If you’re lucky, you die before the power eats you alive.” At the time, I laughed. Thought he was exaggerating. But now? I understand. Because happiness isn’t for people like us—it’s a liability. Still… when she looked at me tonight, when her voice cracked asking why I’d been avoiding her, something inside me shifted.