Here are 15 quotes from books and novels that are guaranteed to make you instantly happier.
1.“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
— Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2. “Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy,” Wren said. “It’s the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for.”
— Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl
3. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
— Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
4. “I’m choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I’m making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
5. “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”
— John Steinbeck, East of Eden
6. “You can’t be happy unless you’re unhappy sometimes.”
— Lauren Oliver, Delirium
7. “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.”
— Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank
8. “You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.”
— Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
9. “Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.”
— Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
10. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
— Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
11. “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours.”
— Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
12. “The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it’s the small things that count.”
— Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places
13. “The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
— Frank Herbert, Dune
14.“Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.”
— Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram
15. “And sometimes in life, I imagine, good things do happen. Most of the time, it’s the opposite, obviously. But I don’t think you should rule out the possibility that just occasionally chance might deal you a good card.”
— Sebastian Faulks, Engleby