Mary Oliver Quotes

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up.

I think being sublimely happy is the only thing I could ever hope for in life.

I'm happy in my life.

This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

I enjoy my life very much.

I am, more than anything else, happy.

All I ever wanted to be was happy.

I'm really happy in my life.

I think happiness is love.

I do like my life very much, yes.

I wake up every morning feeling like I have the best life.

Happiness is best defined by its antonym, which is less 'unhappiness' than 'anxiety.' Anyone who is not oppressed by intolerable worry or grievous pain is almost certainly happy, whether rich or poor, well or ill, successful or frustrated.

Above all, I want to be happy, and at Barcelona, I'm happy.

I'm quite happy with the way my life is.

I am really happy here in England.

I dream to be happy.

I enjoy my life.

I'm still happy, I like this life.

I feel like I'm at a really happy, good space.

I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.

I have a good life.

I'm as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

My life now could not be better.

I'm usually just enjoying life.