Deserve Quote by Rupert Thomson

“Happiness without Guilt.”

— Mary M. Forbes

“I'm not proud, but I'm happy, and I think happiness makes a man even blinder than pride.”

— Alexandre Dumas

“There had been an attempt to humiliate him. It had not succeeded. He had paid, but pain, like pleasure, has no duration. Pride was…

— Jack Vance

“He thought she was happy. She didn't have the heart to tell him the truth. There was no need, anyway. Happiness never lasted, because…

— Lauren Oliver

“He was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs. He…

— Ray Bradbury

“Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Happiness earned, not given.”

— Toba Beta

“Can pride and shame be the consequences of the same feeling?”

— Cesim

“It showed him the mistake men make in picturing to themselves happiness as the realization of their desires.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“I have not much pride under such circumstances; I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

— Charlotte Brontë

“But you're wrong. Happiness is EARNED, like everything else. It's achieved.”

— Marisa de los Santos

“All I had to do was find the source of happiness in me and not rely on others to supply it the next time.”

— André Aciman