Behinds Quote by Jack Kerouac

We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive…

— Nelson Mandela

You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased…

— John Ruskin

Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It…

— Jacques Charles

I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Up to then, the joy of fulfilling, perhaps over-fulfilling, their duty had kept them in a state of exultation. Such a state is close…

— Alexandre Dumas, pere

I was surprised, as always, be how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with…

— Jack Kerouac

“Whatever happened in the world was a decree from God. A task to be completed. Any crying or joy just got in the way…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It…

— Jacques Charles

...Sometimes I suspect that what had really happened was that we became more resigned, more cynical, raised our pain thresholds as we lowered our…

— Emma Donoghue

We were all given our opportunities to be ourselves. A little bit of ourselves.

— Kristin Chenoweth

IF THE LORD IS OUR JOY, OUR JOY CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY. IT CANNOT BE LOST...JOY HAD COME TO THE WORLD, AND IT HAD…

— Scott Hahn

My great and exceeding joy over these stupendous achievements, especially over the abolition of slavery (which had been the deepest desire and the great…

— Frederick Douglass