Joy Quote by Émile Zola

“A joy without object or reason rose within him, but like all such joys ebbed into frustration almost immediately because he did not know…

— John Clellon Holmes

“The joy made him feel like a drunken man. To teach and exhort and explain to his people--and to have them understand. That was…

— Carson McCullers

“He remembered enthusiasm, hope, and a kind of jubilation or exultation. Cheerfulness, yes, and joviality, and the brief gratification of sex. Gladness, too, fullness…

— Evan S. Connell

“Yet I had such joy from the words.”

— Jennifer Donnelly

“He is not, perhaps, overjoyed—but joy is not a characteristic of my people; it is considered too youthful, and therefore, too easily destroyed.”

— Michelle Sagara

“He was dominated by the carelessness of happiness, by the high indifference of joy.”

— Oscar Wilde

“there is no joy without gratitude”

— Anonymous

“He had painstakingly assembled all the ingredients of happiness. He had performed all the necessary rituals, spoken the words, lit the candles, made the…

— Lev Grossman

“Creator of joy, help me to more clearly and more often recognize all of the opportunities You give me to participate in joy. Amen.”

— Guideposts

“Although we cannot command it, we choose joy, making a deliberate commitment to happiness (essentially another word for peace).”

— Wendy Beckett

“A long time ago he learned that joy is always there, as is contentment. But sometimes they hide like gemstones, and have to be…

— Mark Romang

“He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued…

— Arthur Conan Doyle