--- title: "1 Happiness Wisdom Quotes By Kay Kenyon" description: "1 Happiness Wisdom quotes by Kay Kenyon. Plus more from Kay Kenyon and more Happiness Wisdom sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/kay-kenyon-33408_fantasy_it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happine_1428662.jpg" --- > [“It was always easy to think that happiness and wisdom lay in the shadows, in places that have never yet been seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happiness-and-wisdom-lay-in-the/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/kay-kenyon-33408_fantasy_it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happine_1428662.jpg) ## More by Kay Kenyon > [“The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/the-student-asks-if-my-redstone-necklace-had-every-view-of-every-veil/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“We must love all of creation, not only what is common. A god may have the head of an elephant, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/we-must-love-all-of-creation-not-only-what-is-common-a-god-may-have/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“She shrugged. "Ownership is a fragile concept.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/she-shrugged-ownership-is-a-fragile-concept/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“Every man wishes to be king." Her hair snapped about her, buzzing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/every-man-wishes-to-be-king-her-hair-snapped-about-her-buzzing/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“The awful, ironic, glorious fix for the writing doldrums is to write the next page.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/the-awful-ironic-glorious-fix-for-the-writing-doldrums-is-to-write/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“3,117 people had lost their lives in the flood. And the king had missed breakfast”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/3-117-people-had-lost-their-lives-in-the-flood-and-the-king-had/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“Even when I’m writing about shape shifters and magical lands, I’m looking into my own heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/even-when-i-m-writing-about-shape-shifters-and-magical-lands-i-m/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“It was always easy to think that happiness and wisdom lay in the shadows, in places that have never yet been seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happiness-and-wisdom-lay-in-the/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“He didn't know which he preferred: the Red, with its fatalistic and pious acceptance of all futures, or the Misery, acknowledging that the more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/he-didn-t-know-which-he-preferred-the-red-with-its-fatalistic-and/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“He had always thought that death was black nothingness, but he had not counted on being awake for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/he-had-always-thought-that-death-was-black-nothingness-but-he-had-not/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“A novel in progress doesn't have a clear, forward process. It’s messy, like a beloved, balky child.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/a-novel-in-progress-doesn-t-have-a-clear-forward-process-it-s-messy/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“I love storytelling when the writing spins through me like photons on their way to lighting the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/i-love-storytelling-when-the-writing-spins-through-me-like-photons-on/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“Tori gazed out on the calm Ancific Ocean across which, incredibly, she would be taking a coach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/tori-gazed-out-on-the-calm-ancific-ocean-across-which-incredibly-she/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“The worst kind of poison for despots: truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/the-worst-kind-of-poison-for-despots-truth/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) > [“The writer’s special talent is to empathize with people and imagine their lives. We know them as we write them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/the-writer-s-special-talent-is-to-empathize-with-people-and-imagine/) [Kay Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kenyon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness-wisdom/kay-kenyon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Happiness Wisdom Quotes By Kay Kenyon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was always easy to think that happiness and wisdom lay in the shadows, in places that have never yet been seen.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kay Kenyon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kenyon/it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happiness-and-wisdom-lay-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/kay-kenyon-33408_fantasy_it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happine_1428662.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/kay-kenyon-33408_fantasy_it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happine_1428662.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/kay-kenyon-33408_fantasy_it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happine_1428662.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was always easy to think that happiness and wisdom lay in the shadows, in places that have never yet been…” — Kay Kenyon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness-wisdom/kay-kenyon/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness-wisdom/kay-kenyon/", "name": "Happiness Wisdom Quotes by Kay Kenyon", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness-wisdom/kay-kenyon/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/kay-kenyon-33408_fantasy_it-was-always-easy-to-think-that-happine_1428662.jpg" }, "description": "1 Happiness Wisdom quotes by Kay Kenyon. 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