Joy Quote by Andre Dubus III

“And as for herself, if she could manage to welcome sorrow as readily as joy, it would shape her as deftly as joy could…

— Elizabeth Goudge

“If joy is the aim and the core of existence, she thought, and if that which has the power to give one joy is…

— Ayn Rand

“Her work was all she had or wanted. But there were times, like tonight, when she felt that sudden, peculiar emptiness, which was not…

— Ayn

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

— Adam Braun

“She was sometimes happy, in the sense of being somehow complete, and ready for what another day might bring. And knows she is no…

— William Gibson

“She wasn't happy, exactly; she was still too raw for that. But she was satisfied. Satisfied and relieved, too, with maybe just a bit…

— Susan Elia MacNeal

“Where was her joy?”

— Shelley Noble

“She was terribly pleased, because she had always, secretly, deep within her heart, believed that she could fly. And now here she was, doing…

— Kate DiCamillo

“Sometimes, she told herself, life was a series of obstacles that just had to be negotiated, possibly through sheer act of will. She stared…

— Jojo Moyes

“Joy is like sex – it begins and ends. I want pleasure. I want to be contended, but happiness? I no longer fall into…

— Paulo Coelho

“Joy is a fruit of the spirit, just like kindness and it was placed in us by our creator, to be developed and demonstrated…

— Dwaun S. Cox

“Joy comes from the ability to be with life as it is.”

— Mary O'Malley