“No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.”

“...you are responsible for the happiness you get. You have the right to be happy. but you do not have the right to ask happiness from others. Happiness, like beauty, comes from within.”

“Why are the only happy endings the ones where the couples get together?” I ask. “Can’t they just be friends? Can’t that be a happy ending too?”

“But an apology too — you think you’re giving something, but you’re not. You’rereally asking for something. You’re asking for forgiveness, you’re asking for the other injured person to make it okay for you. Apologies were harder work for the person getting one than the person giving one.”

“Logically, you should go to school, get good grades, go to college, get a good degree, go into the workplace, then work hard and be happy. The only problem is that happiness isn't logical.”

“Did you know you get one happy day for every one you catch?...One happy day for every falling leaf you catch" -sam”