He gazed up at the blue sky and knew that heaven–at least in this life–was neither a time nor a placeto be grasped and made into a possession. It came in fleeting moments and then went away again toleave one nostalgic and yearning and on the verge of tears. Very much on the verge of tears. And very frightened. Mary Balogh
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  1. My happiness has to come from within myself or it is too fragile a thing to be of any use to me and too much of a burden to benefit any of my loved ones.

  2. There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.

  3. Why do I want to run from happiness?

  4. He wished someone in the course of history had thought of striking that word and all its derivatives from the English Language - happy, happier, happiest, happiness. What the devil did the words really mean anyway? Why not just the word pleasure, which was far...

  5. She was not sorry. And if it was the wine telling her that, then she would tell the wine the same thing tomorrow. She was not sorry.

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