Joy Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

“Each time I have a lapse of memory, I think of the anguish which must afflict those who know they no longer remember anything.…

— Emil Cioran

“Still, the last sad memory hovers round, and sometimes drifts across like floating mist, cutting off sunshine and chilling the remembrance of happier times.…

— Edward Whymper

“Memory, which so confounds our waking life with anticipation and regret, may well be our one earthly consolation when time slips out of joint.”

— Keith Donohue

“Those who remember are usually the unhappy ones. Only those who are able to forget, find the most joy in life.”

— L. Frank Baum

“The gates of memory would roll open—old joys would stretch out their arms to them, old hopes and dreams would call to them, and…

— Upton Sinclair

“Would you be happy! hearken, then, the way: Heed not to-morrow, heed not yesterday; The magic words of life are here and now -…

— Omar Khayyám

“No matter what I'm doing, I cant help thinking about those who are gone. I catch myself laughing and remember that it's a disgrace…

— anne frank

“Be assured that joy will rise again, and hope will forever shine its light against despair's dark torment and bitter heartbreak.”

— R. O. Mercer

“It is not settled happiness but momentary joy that glorifies the past.”

— C.S. Lewis

“Now the day has ended, its brief excitements already an imperfect memory.”

— Barnaby Allen

“(I)n this world of change and lost memories, time brings all things full circle. That which was discarded becomes priceless.Those who were abandoned will…

— Neal Shusterman

“At length the Lady Galadriel released them from her eyes, and she smiled. ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled,’ she said. ‘Tonight you…

— J.R.R. Tolkien