Quirky Happiness Quotes & Sayings

In truth, philosophy is the mode of thought shaped by the most radical form of prejudice: the passion of being-in-the-world. With the sole exception of specialists in the field, virtually everyone senses that anything which offers less than this passion play remains philosophically trivial. Cultural anthropologists suggest the appealing term 'deep play' for the comprehensively absorbing preoccupations of human beings. From the perspective of a theory of the practising life we would add: the deep plays are those which are moved by the heights. — Peter Sloterdijk

Daphne looked down and noticed that her hand was clenched into a fist. Then she looked up and realized her mother was staring at her, clearly waiting for her to say something.
Since she had already exhaled, Daphne cleared her throat, and said, "I'm sure Lady Whistledown's little column is not going to hurt my chances for a husband."
"Daphne, it's been two years!"
"And Lady Whistledown has only been publishing for three months, so I hardly see how we can lay the blame at her door."
"I'll lay the blame wherever I choose," Violet muttered. — Julia Quinn

You know, Stone, just because a pretty girl prefers a firefighter to you doesn't mean all the boys at that firehouse need to suffer for you bein' jilted. Far's I know, you got served this lesson at least once before. Learn, son. You may actually land a girl one day if you stop actin' like an ass. — Kristen Ashley

To age is to embrace a slow hurt inside and out, to collect scars like rings on a tree, dark and withered and sometimes only visible if someone cuts deep enough. Scars keep the past close enough to touch, but healing is forgetting. Healing invites another cut. Healing is the tide that smoothes away our line in the sand. For life to begin, the damage must be permanent. — Fred Venturini

Ever noticed that people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? — Bill Hicks

Crappy old OSes have value in the basically negative sense that changing to new ones makes us wish we'd never been born. — Neal Stephenson

I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan

To have known the best, and to have known it for the best, is success in life. — John William Mackay

You don't, Kestrel, even though the god of lies loves you. — Marie Rutkoski

Would you believe me if I told you, in one flower there is a whole other land? This would be true if you believe hard enough. — Simone Strydom