Joy Quote by E. M. Forster

“She could not explain in so many words, but she felt that those who prepare for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip…

— E.M. Forester

“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

“Then there was survival. There was going on, as she had always gone on, without much joy, against her will, against her instincts, without…

— Robert Goolrick

“She wasn't going to sit down and patiently wait for a miracle to help her. She was going to rush into life and wrest…

— Margaret Mitchell

“When one was with her she could almost persuade one that there was something cowardly and despicable in any emotional dodging, in any refusal…

— Caroline Blackwood

“It seemed to her that almost any pain was sympathetic to her loss and she inserted herself immediately into the concept of fantastic suffering.”

— Louise Erdrich

“she began to understand that life is like a fire: comforting, warming, nurturing, and ready to burn the instant you let your attention drift.”

— K.R. Griffiths

“Finally she lets herself think about how it feels: to be so frightened that you almost can't breathe to speed so fast and be…

— Ali Smith

“To lead a life so wholly happy, so wholly unexamined that she could be dying, could be betrayed, could be besieged on all sides…

— Paullina Simons

“She was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind. It was not despair; but it seemed to her like life…

— Kate Chopin

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

— Maya Angelou

“But what was making her unhappy? Where was the extraordinary catastrophe that had wrecked her life?She raised her head and looked around, as though…

— Gustave Flaubert