Happiness Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to have at my disposal…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." Maybe the best proof that the language…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Emotions, in my experience, aren’t covered by single words. I don’t believe in “sadness,” “joy,” or “regret.” Maybe the best proof that the language…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness", "joy", or "regret". Maybe the best proof that the language…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions.…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“I’d like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions like, say, “the happiness that attends disaster.” Or: “the disappointment of…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“According to the “universality studies” conducted by psychologists Paul Ekman, Carroll Izard, and Friesen (1969-1972), the words Happiness. Fear. Anger. Sadness. Contempt. Surprise. Disgust.…

— Susan C. Young

“What a potpourri of emotions are mixed up in this one. Passion, heartache, exaltation, distress, fascination, anguish, enchantment, remorse, jubilation, defeatism”

— Karl Wiggins

I like to express true emotions under the cover of melancholy: It includes fulfilment and pain, which describes human existence.

— Volker Bertelmann

“...seven core emotions show up chemically in the body: Love, Joy, Hope, Sadness, Envy, Anger, Fear”

— Shawn Kent Hayashi

“feelings to describe worry, guilt, anxiety, sadness, depression, happiness, joy, contentment, and so forth.”

— David Stoop

“Each of the following states of being is distinctly tied to one of the seven core emotions...Freedom, Passion, Enthusiasm, Positive Expectations, Optimism, Contentment, Boredom,…

— Shawn Kent Hayashi