Books Quote by Amy Dickinson

“Happiness isn't something she spends much time thinking about. Survival, discomfort, hunger...these are the concerns that fill her days.”

— David Maine

“Yet I can’t bring myself to derail from her nor can I reject what I feel in the most primitive parts of me: hope.…

— Jocelyn White

“Learning became her. She loved the smell of the books, the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was an…

— Robert Goolrick

“She sincerely wishes success, for her new life, and intends that no failure of effort, temper, or spirits on her part will jeopardise it.”

— Jude Morgan

“She is no longer sure that people are always improved by what they read. Furthermore, she is not sure that writers who venture into…

— J.M. Coetzee

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.

— Maya Angelou

A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“What good is always being happy? Sadness hints at the possibility of a future reward.”

— Daniel Wallace

“She knows what it is to be sad and miserable, but those emotions are almost enjoyable. They throw moments of happiness and laughter into…

— Simon Mawer

“She had discovered early that what we want out of life can change; that the important thing is to learn to recognize or even…

— Candice Proctor

“It was only by focusing on creating joy in her life that I discovered the greatest feeling of happiness in my own.”

— Adam Braun

“If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too…

— Laura Kaye