Emotion Quote by Gabrielle Zevin

“People just want to be happy, she thought.”

— Elizabeth Brundage

“She was supposed to be happy... why couldn't she just be happy for a few moments? Why couldn't she just forget everything bad going…

— Courtney Carola

“I’ve never been happier in my whole life.” I leave it at that. Underneath all that happy, she sure doesn’t look happy.”

— Kathryn Stockett

“He thought she was happy. She didn't have the heart to tell him the truth. There was no need, anyway. Happiness never lasted, because…

— Lauren Oliver

“Perhaps the reason she was so unhappy was because she thought unhappy thoughts.”

— Wanda E. Brunstetter

“She also confessed that in an odd way she was happier here than she'd ever been. Even with all the loss. Happier being whatever…

— Peter Heller

“I'd say, "But I'm not happy." And she'd say, "Where is it written that you're supposed to be happy all the time?”

— Sylvia Boorstein

“She distrusted people who were happy all the time. It simply wasn’t necessary.”

— Tim Ellis

“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

“I once asked her if she was happy. “That depends on what I am able to get done”

— Padma Lakshmi

“She thought back to what he had said. /I could make you very happy./ It was something men said then, when they were trying…

— Alice Munro

“I don't think I’ve ever been happy, actually. I don’t really want to be happy. Only stupid people are happy.”

— Isela Servin