Depressingly Happy Quotes & Sayings

I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable. — Pamela Hansford Johnson

He told me to be funny for the Fat Lady, once. — J.D. Salinger

She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate. — Edith Wharton

At present, however, with his aching head and queasy stomach, Sebastian was feeling exceedingly resistible. Or if not that, then resistant. Aphrodite herself could descend from the ceiling, floating on a bloody clamshell, naked but for a few well-placed flowers, and he'd likely puke at her feet.

No, no, she ought to be completely naked. If he was going to prove the existence of a goddess, right here in this room, she was damned well going to be naked.

He'd still puke on her feet, though. — Julia Quinn

Vancouver's a very child friendly city, there's ... no doubt about that. — Robert Carlyle

When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected. — David Nevins

Say what you had to about Ethan, but the boy filled a library very, very well.
Okay - arguably, that wasn't the only thing he filled out well, but let's stay on track. — Chloe Neill

Chains
chains that hold me to the ground
chains that keep me solidly bound
chains that tether my heart to you
chains that only one truth ... — Muse

As well as being one of the worst things that can happen to a human being, schizophrenia can also be one of the richest learning and humanizing experiences life offers. — Mark Vonnegut

Everyone knows the phenomenon of trying to hold your breath underwater - how at first it's alright and you can handle it, and then as it gets closer and closer to the time when you must breathe, how urgent the need becomes, the lust and the hunger to breathe. And then the panic sets in when you begin to think that you won't be able to breathe - and finally, when you take in air and the anxiety subsides ... that's what it's like to be a vampire and need blood. — Francis Ford Coppola

One don't like setting out to help to bring a man to the gallus when you have got his money in your pocket. — G.A. Henty

Strength is Happiness. — Daisaku Ikeda

Today, the PC is often still considered just a tool, but together we need to make it a lot more than that. We need to make it a path to experiences. — Jim Allchin

What I love is getting polarized opinions. — Brendon Urie

Here is an unbroken space in which a woman and a man may with the full sanction of society, practically make love to each other with their eyes, their fleeting touch, and the display of their bodies. Emblem of marriage, indeed. — Laurie Viera Rigler