Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

Joy has this in common with pain, that it robs people of reason.

There's a hope for every woe,
And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of read more

There's a hope for every woe,
And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of our heart
Come never back again!

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. read more

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do read more

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

All human joys are swift of wing,
For heaven doth so allot it;
That when you get read more

All human joys are swift of wing,
For heaven doth so allot it;
That when you get an easy thing,
You find you haven't got it.