Happiness Quote by Don Marquis

From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent…

— Don Marquis

“Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in the fulness of time he got used to…

— Henry James

“Life is too short, and cigars are too expensive, to smoke them for any reason other than enjoyment.”

— Jonah Goldberg

“He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense. And when that happens the happiness is never…

— Philip Roth

“The cigarette hung unlit from his lips. Was he doomed to roam forever in his ghost state, always wanting to light that cigarette? A…

— Deanna Chase

“Life was becoming shorter and the thought that he would never stop smoking filled him with a strange satisfaction. Ignoring the warning on the…

— Jo Nesbø

“He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural. We can never know what to…

— Milan Kundera

“He was feeling happy. It was one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of…

— Graham Greene

“There was some simple, radical difference about him. He hoped it was genius, feared it was madness, devoted himself to amiability and inconspicuousness.”

— John Barth

“A flavor...what do you think, old madman, what do you think? That if you find a lost flavor you will eradicate decades of misunderstanding…

— Muriel Barbery

“His life had been spent pursuing excellence and amassing a great fortune, but now that it was ending, there was no one he was…

— Steven Decker

“In so many ways he’d lived like he would live forever. He’d taken his time for granted on one hand and simultaneously not fully…

— Tim McBain