Happiness
1. “… every gesture, every caress, every touch, every look, every spot of the body, however small it was, had its secret, which would bring happiness to those who know about it and unleash it.” (Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha)
2. “But to both happiness and misery there follows the inevitable second act, and beyond that, and to infinity, action and interaction, involution and evolution, forging change for ever.” (James Stephens, Three Heavy Husbands)
Hate
3. “I hate the uneducated and the ignorant. I hate the pompous and the phoney. I hate the jelous and the resentful. I hate the crabbed and the mean and the petty. I hate all ordinary little people who aren’t ashamed of being dull and little.” (John Fowles, The Collector)
4. “Folks have hated other folks for centuries, and the same business is still with us.” (Virginia Hamilton, The House of Dies Drear)
5. “Children and animals, however we can hurt, we cannot hate; for they are without reserve; and that lack is the one entirely lovable quality in the world.” (James Stephens, Etched in Moonlight)
6. “You shouldn’t hate. It will destroy you.” (Virginia Hamilton, The House of Dies Drear)
Heaven
7. “You see, you can’t expect your head to touch heaven if your feet aren’t firmly planted in hell.” (S.P. Somtow, Jasmine Nights)
8. “… all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever.” (Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
Heroes
9. “A hero’s great challenge is in the heart, and not in the adversary.” (Michael Crichton, The 13th Warrior)
10. “A hero does what no man dares to undertake.” (Michael Crichton, The 13th Warrior)
