Edward Gorey Quotes

Give me a bed and a book and I am happy.

If I can be somewhere with sunshine and have bare feet and a book, I'm happy.

We just wanna be the happy bums that we are. That's all.

Life should always be like this. ... Like lingering over a good meal.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.

How important my books are or anybody's books are, I don't know. I don't think they are terribly important I think that they make people contented during the period they are reading them and this is worth something is to take care of somebody for a couple of hours.

Life is good, but Wine is better.

I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.

In real life, people don't try to live dramatically, people try to live in a light way. People try to laugh.

Normally, I just sit in my quiet little room and do the small things that bring me pleasures. I read my books, I answer email, I write a little bit.

I'm just living in Eau Claire, not really leaving for much. I go to the farmers market, go to the studio, go home and play with my cats. I don't know if I've ever been this happy, which is really awesome.

A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

Mellow doesn't always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life.

I'm at a point in my life where I have something solid now. I'm a peaceful person, and I want to be surrounded by peace no matter what I'm doing.

If I couldn't use food or love to define contentment, I would use reading.

I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our world.

I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.

The moment I finish 'any' book, my feels are pretty much the same. Goes a little something like this: It's done? Whimper. Tears of joy. Oh, my back. Relief! Shower! Food! Sleep! Oh, my back. You mean I get to catch up on my favorite TV shows? Tears of joy. Oh, my back.

It sounds so geeky, but I really do like studying and reading, and if I'm not working on 'Harry Potter,' then my greatest relaxation is to sit with a book.

I want to be able to live in a way that isn't too hectic. Calm. And I want those around me to be sublimely happy as well.

I am old. My wish now is for an easy, easy life.

For me, life is a bowl of cherries.

We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.