Holly Black Quotes

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

Money will never make you happy if you are an unhappy person.

A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.

You can be with one of the most beautiful women in the world and still be unhappy.

Happiness based on reasons is actually another form of misery.

I'm so lucky to be crazy happy in my life. And I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life.

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction.

Happiness isn’t some elusive treasure we chase after. It’s a state of being we need to PRACTICE.

people want you to be happy, don't keep serving them your pain

She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway.

Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.

I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.

Be happy. If you're successful but unhappy, that's emptiness.

You don’t need a reason to be happy...your desire to be so is sufficient.

Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.

One could be happy not only without love, but despite it.

You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.

The scalpel won't make you happy.

Feelings are above money.

My only intention is to be happy and be in a place where I feel wanted.

Everybody deserves a right to be happy.

Wake up feeling like my life's worth living. Can't recall when I last felt that way. Guess it must be all this love you're giving. Never knew never knew it could be like this, but I guess some hearts they just get all the right breaks. Some hearts have the stars on their side. Some hearts they just have it so easy. Some hearts just get lucky sometimes.

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.