Unanticipated Pleasure Quotes

Joy comes from places you least expect it. It's usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.

I do actually like Los Angeles. Partly because I was told I wouldn't.

Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present.

I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.

The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.

I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.

Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.