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“Perhaps, if you weren't so busy regarding my shortcomings, you'd find that I do possess redeeming qualities, discreet as they may be.  I notice…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“it was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness”

— Banana Yoshimoto

“It is utterly impossible to be happy without being grateful.”

— Toni Sorenson

“And yet, here I am. Perceiving everything that is wonderful to be proportionately difficult; everything that is possible an elaborate battle to achieve. My…

— Sara Baume

“Goodness, in their opinion, was not a virtue but merely spinelessness and fear disguised as humility.”

— Alice Hoffman

“I formed the impression that nature had given him little patience for fools, while society had cruelly decreed that he spend a great deal…

— Andrew Killeen

“You were always cheerful - tho' often left to your own devices. You were hardly ever out of temper - tho' often severely provoked.…

— Susanna Clarke

“To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and triumph with humility.”

— Thomas S. Monson

“It is easy to be moderate and cool. It is easy to be ignorant and passionate. But to be wise and yet extravagant, to…

— Charles Bigg

“He didn’t seem to understand that a person can function in the space between happy and unhappy. That space offered a level of calm…

— Kendra Elliot

“It's an unfortunate fact that I'm easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I'm stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“He was dominated by the carelessness of happiness, by the high indifference of joy.”

— Oscar Wilde