The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
— J. D. Salinger, “De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period”
Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.
— Christopher Hitchens
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If you can’t be happy with where you are, tough shit. You’ll be miserable right up until you quit missing the point. In the meantime, try and remember that confidence isn’t a byproduct of body image, and happiness and beauty aren’t even close to being the same fucking thing.
— Coke Talk, On teenage body issues. 
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And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’
— Kurt Vonnegut (On knowing what’s nice)