Happy Happy Quote by Doris Lessing

“Don't punish yourself,' she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness, too. That was writing.”

— Markus Zusak

“Maybe we're mad at someone else and we want to punish him by punishing ourselves.”

— Jocelyn Soriano

“Had she punished him enough? How could she be sure?”

— Anne Taintor

“That's what she wanted more than anything. To be free of her anger. Wounds.”

— Melanie Dobson

“Her face twisted at the words, and I felt a sudden stab of guilt. I was protecting her, I reminded myself. Protecting us all.…

— Melissa Wright

“I’m not punishing you.’ ‘No?’ ‘No. You’d know if I was. Trust me.”

— Lindsay J. Pryor

“I might have asked, figured her out, led her to open up. I was good at that. But I didn't inquire, a punishment. I…

— Susanna Sonnenberg

“Was he in trouble? Women were so good at saying everything was fine while plotting punishment.”

— Sarah E. Morin

“Do I feel I should be punished? Yes. Why else would I have given myself bangs?”

— Jennifer Niven

“I’m the only one getting punished,” he grumbled. “I could never really hurt you. I tried. I couldn’t. I wanted to make you bleed,…

— Jane Washington

“We have an obligation to feel guilty." The words came out of her lips as if she were reciting an elegy. "Guilty. Because we…

— Cristiane Serruya

“The punishment I was given was this existence.”

— Christine Zolendz