There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.
—Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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No one who is good can ever be ugly.
—Roald Dahl, The Twits
Happiness is harder to put into words. It’s also harder to source, much more mysterious than anger or sorrow, which come to me promptly, whenever I summon them, and remain long after I’ve begged them to leave.
—David Sedaris, Calypso
I was okay just a moment ago. I will learn how to be okay again.
—Nina LaCour, We Are Okay
What am I? A bit of dust embodied by an organism. What am I supposed to be doing on this earth? I have a choice. To suffer or to enjoy myself. Where will suffering get me? Nowhere. But I will have suffered. Where will enjoying myself get me? Nowhere. But I will have enjoyed myself.
—Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“No wonder kids grow up crazy. A cat’s cradle is nothing but a bunch of Xs between somebody’s hands, and little kids look and look and look at all those Xs . . .”
“And?”
“No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.
—Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?
—Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions.
—Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None
It was growing dark, and somehow the shadows made it feel as if all the trees had taken a collective step towards the house, edging in to shut out the sky.
—Ruth Ware, In a Dark, Dark Wood
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