„Son, are you happy?
I don't mean to pry,
but do you dream of Heaven?
Have you ever wanted to die?“

„I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.“

—  Kelley Armstrong, The Gathering

Quelle: The Gathering

„p>You are more than now;
You are for always.
I can see in you
My dreams come true.
Don't you ever go away.You make me feel like
There's nothing I can't do.
And when I hold you,
I only want to say
I love you.</p“

—  Lionel Richie American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor 1949

Ballerina Girl.
Song lyrics, Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)

„Participate in your own dreams, don't just say what you want or complain about what you don't have.“

—  Steve Maraboli 1975

Quelle: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 156

„You must do whatever you want to do. If you want to dream, dream big.“

—  Prito Reza Photographer 1984

„The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible.“

—  Ram Dass American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now 1931 - 2019

„I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.“

—  Haruki Murakami, buch Naokos Lächeln

Quelle: Norwegian Wood

„Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don’t have to do it, but it’s here if you choose to come back to it.“

—  Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Quelle: Magic Bleeds

„I belong to you. You could do anything you wanted with me and I would let you. You could ask anything of me and I'd break myself trying to make you happy. My heart tells me this is the best and greatest feeling I have ever had.“

—  Cassandra Clare, buch City of Glass

Quelle: City of Glass

„To neglect your own mind, that's like to neglect your consciousness. That’s like to give up all hope of joy and happiness, really. You're the only one that can discover for you the meaning of anything. What it means to you. By that, I don't mean intellectual meaning. I mean, what it means, how it makes you feel. You have to see whether you really are happy or not. Whether you really are sad or not. And you have to investigate what goes through your mind.“

—  Agnes Martin American artist 1912 - 2004

1974
1970's, interview, K. Horsfield & L. Blumenthal

„You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have. I love you, Aliie, more than you can ever imagine. I always have, and I always will.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, buch Wie ein einziger Tag

Quelle: The Notebook

„Happiness is not having what you want, it is wanting what you have.“

—  Sheryl Crow American musician and actress 1962

„Happiness is not having what you want but wanting what you have.“

—  Jimmy Stewart American film and stage actor 1908 - 1997

„Seeing things die makes you and your murderers happy, and you want to make them happier still!“

—  Harry Harrison American science fiction author 1925 - 2012

Quelle: Deathworld (1960), p. 112
Kontext: The compartment was getting crowded as other Pyrrans pushed in. Kerk, almost to the door, turned back to face Jason.
"I'll tell you what's wrong with armistice," he said. "It's a coward's way out, that's what it is. It's all right for you to suggest it, you're from off-world and don't know any better. But do you honestly think I could entertain such a defeatist notion for one instant? When I speak, I speak not only for myself, but for all of us here. We don't mind fighting, and we know how to do it. We know that if this war was over we could build a better world here. At the same time, if we have the choice of continued war or a cowardly peace — we vote for war. This war will only be over when the enemy is utterly destroyed!"
The listening Pyrrans murmured in agreement, and Jason had to shout to be heard above them. "That's really wonderful. I bet you even think it's original. But don't you hear all that cheering offstage? Those are the spirits of every saber-rattling sonofabitch that ever plugged for noble war. They even recognize the old slogan. We're on the side of light, and the enemy is a creature of darkness. And it doesn't matter a damn if the other side is saying the same thing. You've still got the same old words that have been killing people since the birth of the human race. A 'cowardly peace,' that's a good one. Peace means not being at war, not fighting. How can you have a cowardly not-fighting. What are you trying to hide with this semantic confusion? Your real reasons? I can't blame you for being ashamed of them — I would be. Why don't you just come out and say you are keeping the war going because you enjoy killing? Seeing things die makes you and your murderers happy, and you want to make them happier still!"

„I know you need to go,
But before you do I want you to know, that I
Wish you the best.
And I wish you nothing less
Than every thing you've ever dreamed of.
And I hope that you find love along the way.
But most of all,
I wish you'd stay.“

—  Brad Paisley American country music singer 1972

I Wish You'd Stay, written by Brad Paisley and Chris DuBois.
Song lyrics, Part II (2001)

„When a man sees you are happy with him but you can be just as happy having nothing to do with him, that’s when he won’t want to leave your side. When you are happy, you are sexy.“

—  Sherry Argov American writer 1977

„if you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!“

—  Dale Carnegie, buch How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Quelle: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

„Heaven is what you mix all the days of your life, but you call it dreams. You have one chance to buy your Heaven with all the intents and ethics of your life. That is why everyone considers Heaven such a lovely place. Because it is dreams, special dreams, in which you exist. What you have to do is live up to them.“

—  Harlan Ellison American writer 1934 - 2018

Delusion for a Dragon Slayer (1966)
Kontext: "Heaven is what you mix all the days of your life, but you call it dreams. You have one chance to buy your Heaven with all the intents and ethics of your life. That is why everyone considers Heaven such a lovely place. Because it is dreams, special dreams, in which you exist. What you have to do is live up to them."
"I—" started Griffin, but the wizard cut him off with a blink.
"No, listen, please, because after this, all the magic stops, and you have to do it alone.
“You create your own Heaven, and you have the opportunity to live in it, but you have to do it on your own terms, the highest terms of which you are capable. So sail this ship through the straits, navigate the shoals, find the island, overcome the foam-devil that guards the girl, win her love, and you’ve played the game on your own terms."

„Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.“

—  Steve Maraboli 1975

Quelle: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 101

„I love you, Gabby, more than you'll ever know. You're everything I've ever wanted in a wife. You're every hope and every dream I've ever had, and you've made me happier than any man could possibly be. I don't ever want to give that up. I can't.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, buch The Choice

Quelle: The Choice