Unexpected Happiness Quotes

Joy comes from places you least expect it. It's usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.

Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.

My life is a dream come true of a dream I never knew I even had

Waking up to you is like... presents on Christmas morning." His mouth curved. "For your convenience, I'm already unwrapped. Batteries not required.

I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.

But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?

Anyway, I want to remember that love can happen. Because there is life after not having a life. I never expected love to happen. What was I expecting from life, then?

Don't worry about me," I finally said. "Really. I'm more worried about you." And even more worried about where Graves is. "Are you?" A fey smile lit his face, and I caught my breath. It was a shock to see him look so happy. "Well, then.

Me? I see an old, broke-ass black guy taking care of a bunch of kids, living life, taking them to school, and all that stuff, who's asking himself: What the hell is this? But I wouldn't give it up for the world because I love my wife. I never expected to have a life like this. No chaos... no confusion... no lawsuits... no violence... no going to jail.

Kids are life's only guaranteed, bona fide upside surprise.

I took it as it came and it happened to be very nice.

I never thought I'd have children; I never thought I'd be in love, I never thought I'd meet the right person. Having come from a broken home - you kind of accept that certain things feel like a fairy tale, and you just don't look for them.

For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.

In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with.

No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.

What do you think of that? It’s stopped raining." I’m glad Jay." Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy.

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.

This is totally unexpected. I thought I'd be in the NBA or the NFL. I never thought baseball. It's kind of like a surprise. I'm happy it happened.

At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

You know, there must be happiness somewhere, when a lawyer dies.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

When my husband and I first got married, I was so shocked at my own level of joy that I was convinced it was all going to come crashing down.

There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined.

We had just paid the check when Dimitri's cell phone rang. "Hello?" he answered. And like that, his face transformed. That fierceness I so associated with him softened, and he practically glowed. "No, no. It's always a good time for you to call, Roza." Whatever the response on the other end was, it made him smile.