Filled Quote by Jennifer Donnelly

“What happy man has need of Shakespeare?”

— Jennifer Donnelly

Was there ever such thing as great Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you — what — was there not sad stuff?

— George III

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

— James Joyce

“Happiness is not a popular subject in literary fiction. We struggle, as writers, to make happiness, contentment, and satisfaction interesting. Perfection often lacks texture.”

— Roxanne Gay

“Maybe Shakespeare was right. Maybe all the world was a stage. Maybe without the act everything would fall apart. The key to happiness wasn't…

— Matt Haig

“Shakespeare has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind, but in one composition.”

— Samuel Johnson

Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think you? - What? -…

— George III

“Happiness was a shield that veiled me not only from the hardships of the world but also from the real me. When darkness crept…

— Alka Dimri Saklani, Beyond Secrets

“He was feeling happy. It was one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of…

— Graham Greene

“happiness is not the surplus of pleasant over unpleasant moments. Rather, happiness consists in seeing one’s life in its entirety as meaningful and worthwhile.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

Happiness is essentially perfect; so that the happy man requires in addition the goods of the body, external goods and the gifts of fortune,…

— Aristotle

any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

— Anonymous