Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes life sadness think
The thing that most interests me about writing - there are lots of things, but the thing I can't do without - is the hit of happiness a lovely sentence delivers. Elizabeth McCracken deliverhappinesshit Change image and share on social
I work in my office on the campus of the University of Texas. It's the sort of place described as 'book-lined', but it's recently tipped over into 'fire-hazard' territory. Elizabeth McCracken bookcampusfire Change image and share on social
It's hard to know which made me more aware of the impossibility of protecting children - having a child die or having had two live. Elizabeth McCracken awarechilddie Change image and share on social
The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authentic happiness, astonishingly, can occur even in the presence of authentic sadness. Martin Seligman astonishinglyauthenticcommerce share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life. Penny Marshall findgoodjoy Change image and share on social