"Real happiness is not dependent on external things."

-- William Lyon Phelps

#Happiness Quotes #Real Quotes

“You deserve to die," I whisper, suddenly realizing Iv'e said the words aloud. "Excuse me?" "Nothing." "Not nothing. You just told me that I deserve to be maggot feed." "Not maggot feed, just-" "Dead!" "Forget it" "I don't know why I said that. Just daydreaming, I guess." "Daydreaming about my death?" "Forget it", I repeat. "Are you sure you aren't still mad that I wouldn't let you borrow my vintage fishnet leggings?" "More like I didn't want to borrow them,”
“I hate wearing suits and ties.”
“My brother, Mario, is in show business and so are all my cousins on my dad's side. We come from a family of musicians. My grandmother's sister in Puerto Rico plays five instruments.”
“A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how, nor is it willing, to probe with precision the depths of its own misery. It puts on a mask and avoids everything that might bring it recovery.”
“i have come to terms with my life, and that is my affair - i am not cold, i swear, but i have decided certain things, it is best for me to ignore emotion; i have not been happy dealing with it.”
“Time has a funny way of airbrushing relationships, removing all the things that were wrong so when you look back it looks much better than it really was.”

Source : Alexandra Potter (2005). “Do You Come Here Often?”, p.261, Simon and Schuster
“I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.”

Source : Faith Ringgold, New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.), Akron Art Museum (1998). “Dancing at the Louvre: Faith Ringgold's French Collection and Other Story Quilts”, p.61, Univ of California Press
“Id rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesnt sound too good.”

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