--- title: "11 Took Pleasure Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 11 Took Pleasure quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Took Pleasure sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/joy-marino-55518_lover_she-took-no-pleasure-in-knowing-whatever_1179387.jpg" --- > [“She took no pleasure in knowing…whatever he asked of her, she would do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-marino/she-took-no-pleasure-in-knowing-whatever-he-asked-of-her-she-would-do/) [Joy Marino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-marino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/joy-marino-55518_lover_she-took-no-pleasure-in-knowing-whatever_1179387.jpg) > [I never took pleasure in seeing a bull die. Relief, but certainly not pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-ford/i-never-took-pleasure-in-seeing-a-bull-die-relief-but-certainly-not/) [Bette Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/bette-ford-28154_bull_i-never-took-pleasure-in-seeing-a-bull-d_2538227.jpg) > [I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanne-calment/i-took-pleasure-when-i-could-i-acted-clearly-and-morally-and-without/) [Jeanne Calment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanne-calment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/jeanne-calment-21326_lucky_i-took-pleasure-when-i-could-i-acted-cle_709175.png) > [“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things collapsed. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-do-not-miss-childhood-but-i-miss-the-way-i-took-pleasure-in-small/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/neil-gaiman-29_children_i-do-not-miss-childhood-but-i-miss-the-w_1288082.jpg) > [“I do to miss my childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in simple things, even as greater things crumbled.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-do-to-miss-my-childhood-but-i-miss-the-way-i-took-pleasure-in/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/neil-gaiman-29_childhood_i-do-to-miss-my-childhood-but-i-miss-the_1505124.jpg) > [“do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/do-not-miss-childhood-but-i-miss-the-way-i-took-pleasure-in-small/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/neil-gaiman-29_childhood_do-not-miss-childhood-but-i-miss-the-way_442402.jpg) > [“It was the small things she took pleasure in. The faint hum of a huge furry bumble bee busily flitting from one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-hughes/it-was-the-small-things-she-took-pleasure-in-the-faint-hum-of-a-huge/) [Kathryn Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-hughes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/kathryn-hughes-45063_bumble-bee_it-was-the-small-things-she-took-pleasur_222677.png) > [“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things even as greater things crumbled. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-do-not-miss-childhood-but-i-miss-the-way-i-took-pleasure-in-small-3/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/neil-gaiman-29_childhood_i-do-not-miss-childhood-but-i-miss-the-w_2693070.jpg) > [I took a great deal of pleasure in it, and I still feel nostalgic about it. However, I felt that it had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-dubuffet/i-took-a-great-deal-of-pleasure-in-it-and-i-still-feel-nostalgic/) [Jean Dubuffet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-dubuffet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/jean-dubuffet-15341_body_i-took-a-great-deal-of-pleasure-in-it-an_2749055.jpg) > [“Part of her wanted simply to sit and stare out of the window, at the lawn, flaky with sodden leaves, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt/part-of-her-wanted-simply-to-sit-and-stare-out-of-the-window-at-the/) [A.S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/a-s-byatt-5275_life_part-of-her-wanted-simply-to-sit-and-sta_1723768.jpg) > [“Goddess,” he rasped, running his hands over her hips, up her legs. “Lover,” she whispered back, threading the fingers of her right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lexxie-couper/goddess-he-rasped-running-his-hands-over-her-hips-up-her-legs-lover/) [Lexxie Couper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lexxie-couper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00d/lexxie-couper-21096_desire_goddess-he-rasped-running-his-hands-over_2861838.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/took-pleasure/#itemlist", "name": "Took Pleasure Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She took no pleasure in knowing…whatever he asked of her, she would do.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joy Marino" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-marino/she-took-no-pleasure-in-knowing-whatever-he-asked-of-her-she-would-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/joy-marino-55518_lover_she-took-no-pleasure-in-knowing-whatever_1179387.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/joy-marino-55518_lover_she-took-no-pleasure-in-knowing-whatever_1179387.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/733/joy-marino-55518_lover_she-took-no-pleasure-in-knowing-whatever_1179387.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She took no pleasure in knowing…whatever he asked of her, she would do.” — Joy Marino", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never took pleasure in seeing a bull die. 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