Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.

The old rule about how a thing of beauty is a joy forever, in my experience, even the most beauteous thing is only a joy for about three hours, tops. After that, she’ll want to tell you all about her childhood memories.

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.