„If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it.“

— Mary Oliver

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„I'll leave it to you, Sassenach," he said dryly, "to imagine what it feels like to arrive unexpectedly in the midst of a brothel, in possession of a verra large sausage.“
— Diana Gabaldon
„You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give.“
— Eleanor Roosevelt
„Then at certain moments I remember one of his words and I suddenly feel the sensual woman flaring up, as if violently caressed. I say the word to myself, with joy. It is at such a moment that my true body lives.“
— Anaïs Nin
„Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed—and you haven’t been.“
— Marcus Aurelius