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title: "6 Happy Valley Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Happy Valley quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Happy Valley sayings and thoughts."
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> ['Happy Valley' is an extraordinary piece and it was not necessarily about Catherine but her part in the narrative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lancashire/happy-valley-is-an-extraordinary-piece-and-it-was-not-necessarily/)

[Sarah Lancashire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lancashire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/sarah-lancashire-5243_extraordinary_happy-valley-is-an-extraordinary-piece-a_631156.png)

> [Anybody I ask who spends a week in Happy Valley understands why it's called Happy Valley.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-nassib/anybody-i-ask-who-spends-a-week-in-happy-valley-understands-why-it-s/)

[Carl Nassib](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-nassib/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9b/carl-nassib-6894_happy_anybody-i-ask-who-spends-a-week-in-happy_976929.jpg)

> [I love 'Happy Valley.' I love 'Transparent.' I love 'Fleabag.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paula-malcomson/i-love-happy-valley-i-love-transparent-i-love-fleabag/)

[Paula Malcomson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-malcomson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/paula-malcomson-21448_happy_i-love-happy-valley-i-love-transparent-i_1569163.jpg)

> [But I have never had the privilege of unhappiness in Happy Valley. California is about the good life. So a bad life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/but-i-have-never-had-the-privilege-of-unhappiness-in-happy-valley/)

[Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/sarah-vowell-2016_afternoon_but-i-have-never-had-the-privilege-of-un_1573485.png)

> [You know when a script is good but you don't have any knowledge how visually it is going to look. When this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-lancashire/you-know-when-a-script-is-good-but-you-don-t-have-any-knowledge-how/)

[Sarah Lancashire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-lancashire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/sarah-lancashire-5243_episodes_you-know-when-a-script-is-good-but-you-d_2224958.png)

> [I don't really watch shows as a regular routine any more, but I loved 'Happy Valley'. Yes it was depressing, but at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-ritchie/i-don-t-really-watch-shows-as-a-regular-routine-any-more-but-i-loved/)

[Charlotte Ritchie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-ritchie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/charlotte-ritchie-20900_episodes_i-don-t-really-watch-shows-as-a-regular_2863430.jpg)

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