“a joy that hurts with sadnessa sadness that is pleasurablea pleasure full of terrora terror that excitesan excitement that calmsa calmness that frightens.”
“...these stories are a kind of beacon. By making stories full of empathy and amusement and the sheer pleasure of discovering the world, these writers reassert the fact that we live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”
“May your dreams be gifts from the gods and may you open them with excitement and pleasure.”
“The joy that is of God is not opposed to earthly pleasures. Rather it infuses them with a foundation of meaning.”
“...There was pleasure in Paradise but no excitement.”