Quotes about a smile

A collection of quotes on the topic of smile, likeness, herring, love.

Best quotes about a smile

„Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.“

— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980

„Smile, breathe and go slowly.“

— Thich Nhat Hanh Religious leader and peace activist 1926

„Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.“

— Dr. Seuss American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books 1904 - 1991

Often attributed to Dr. Seuss without citation; also cited as an anonymous proverb.
This quote has also been attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, in Spanish: "No llores porque ya se terminó, sonríe porque sucedió."
Compare lines from In Memoriam A.H.H. of Tennyson:
&emsp;&emsp;'Tis better to have loved and lost
&emsp;&emsp;Than never to have loved at all.
Disputed
Variant: Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

„Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.“

— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

„One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.“

— William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Source: Hamlet

„You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.“

— Charlie Chaplin British comic actor and filmmaker 1889 - 1977

Lyrics to "Smile", written by John Turner and Geoffrey Claremont Parsons in 1954, the music of which was composed by Chaplin in 1936. - "Smile" music, as used in Modern Times (1936) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps6ck1ejoAw - "Smile" tribute to Chaplin, as sung by Michael Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu-rLA4POkI
Misattributed
Context: Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though its breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile with your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile.

„I love those who can smile in trouble…“

— Leonardo Da Vinci Italian Renaissance polymath 1452 - 1519

„The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.“

— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

„Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing.“

— Woody Allen American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician 1935

„Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.“

— Christie Brinkley American model 1954

All quotes about a smile

Total 1715 quotes smile, filter:

„Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.“

— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981

Love, Life, People, Pleasure

„Smile doesn't mean that someone is happy. Sometimes it just means that you're strong.“

— Zayn Malik British singer 1993

Strong, Happiness

„In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.“

— Billie Eilish American singer-songwriter 2001

Personality, Life

„This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.“

— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

Life, Hate, Truth, World

„You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.“

— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981

Variant: You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect — you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break — her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.

Love, Thinking, Change, Heart

„Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway“

— Robert Downey Jr. American actor 1965

Robert Downey Jr. on Inside The Actors Studio, quoting Judd Nelson, 2006-07-09

„In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that.“

— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996

Life, Pain, Sense

„I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I've always been like that; I don't smile in any pictures.“

— Billie Eilish American singer-songwriter 2001

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a13040159/billie-eilish-interview/

Hate, Feeling, Making love

„Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.“

— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996

Sense

„If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.“

— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994

Soul, Cry

„Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.“

— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

Life, Beauty, Heartbreaking, Inspirational

„There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see
that's gon' make it hard to smile in the future.
But through whatever you see,
through all the rain and the pain,
you gotta keep your sense of humor.
You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit.
Remember that.“

— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996

Pain, Sense, Future

„She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

You'd probably kick my butt."

YouI'd kick your butt."

I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable… Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."

Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?"

Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-"

Oh, you so wanted to."

Well, maybe a little. But I didn't, because I thought-I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking…" My throat felt really dry.

Anyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft.

I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile.

You're laughing at me," I complained.

I am not!"

You arenot making this easy."

Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands
around my neck. "I am never, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.“

— Rick Riordan, book The Last Olympian

Source: The Last Olympian

God, World, Thinking

„Smiling makes me feel weak and not in control and not powerful and small. Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something that's really you.“

— Billie Eilish American singer-songwriter 2001

Source: https://www.wmagazine.com/story/billie-eilish-new-ep/

Personality, Making love, Feeling

„I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!“

— Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter and actress 1946

Variant: If you see someone without a smile give them yours.

„Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make someone smile while they're having a piss.“

— Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

Other sources
Source: Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall
Context: Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something or changing stuff than anything indoors. Graffiti has been used to start revolutions, stop wars, and generally is the voice of people who aren't listened to. Graffiti is one of those few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with a picture to cure world poverty you can make somebody smile while they're having a piss.

World

„Smile -- it increases your face value.“

— Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter and actress 1946

Cute

„Percy smiled at her - that sarcastic troublemaker smile that had annoyed her for years but eventually had become endearing. His sea-green eyes were as gorgeous as she remembered. His dark hair was swept to one side, like he'd just come from a walk on the beach. He looked even better than he had six months ago - tanner and taller, leaner and more muscular.

Percy threw his arms around her. They kissed and for a moment nothing else mattered. An asteroid could have hit the planet and wiped out all life, and Annabeth wouldn't have cared.“

— Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

Life, Kiss, Sea

„If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.“

— Maya Angelou American author and poet 1928 - 2014

Love, People, Home

„He smiled, and his face was like the sun.“

— Madeline Miller, book The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

Sun

„I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.“

— Meryl Streep American actress 1949

Misattributed to Meryl Streep (and widely disseminated on the Internet as of August/September 2014), this quote is allegedly a translation of a text by the author José Micard Teixeira, the original of which begins (in Portuguese): "Já não tenho paciência para algumas coisas, não porque me tenha tornado arrogante..."
Misattributed

Love, Life, Hate, Friendship

„Love — thou art Veiled —
A few — behold thee —
Smile — and alter — and prattle — and die —
Bliss — were an Oddity — without thee —
Nicknamed by God —
Eternity“

— Emily Dickinson, Love — thou art high —

453: Love — thou art high —
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)

Love, God, Art

„The best curve on a woman's body is her smile. “

— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981

„My child, let your life come into the world of darkness
like a spark of light, without flicker and pure,
and thank them in silence. You know,
my child, they are cruel in their greed and envy,
their words are disguised knives thirsting for blood.
But do not be afraid, my child, go and stand in their hearts,
and let your gentle eyes fall on them like the forgiving serenity of the night.
My child, let them see your face and so they know it
meaning of all things, let them love and love one another.
Go, at sunrise, open and lift up your heart like a blooming flower,
and at sunset, bend your head and silently complete the worship of the day.
Remember, my child, gods and demons, ghosts and elves are fragments of one,
built by the hand of the abyss.
So, move on, go to the shore of the vast darkness,
there, is the Great Meeting of Children,
there, the sea gives a smile to the beach,
there, sing the waves facing death.“

— Alexis Karpouzos 1967

Source: https://dailywisdomwords.com/community-poetry/my-child/

God, Light, Silence, Children

„my mother, poor fish,
wanting to be happy, beaten two or three times a
week, telling me to be happy: "Henry, smile!
why don't you ever smile?"

and then she would smile, to show me how, and it was the
saddest smile I ever saw“

— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994

Fish, Time, Happiness

„Behind every smile there's teeth.“

— Confucius Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551 - -479 BC

„The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.“

— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

Lovers, Kiss, love, Cute

„The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets…“

— Sara Shepard, book Flawless

Source: Flawless

Secret

„Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.“

— Laura Ingalls Wilder American children's writer, diarist, and journalist 1867 - 1957

Michael Landon, in Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Season 2, Ep 8 (5 November 1975) "Remember Me", Part 1
Misattributed

Tear, Laughter

„Throughout my lifetime I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost barely enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent.“

— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963

Heart

„Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.“

— Anne Brontë, book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XV : An Encounter and its Consequences; Gilbert Markham

Sadness, Feeling, Tear, Cry

„Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.“

— Patricia Briggs, book Iron Kissed

Source: Iron Kissed

People

„Nothing left to do but smile.“

— Jerry Garcia American musician and member of the Grateful Dead 1942 - 1995

Source: The Wisdom of Jerry Garcia

„Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.“

— William Makepeace Thackeray novelist 1811 - 1863

Life

„Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding your self that everything happens for a reason.“

— John Mayer guitarist and singer/songwriter 1977

Sense, Tear, Strong, Perfection

„She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in the world.“

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, book Tender Is the Night

Source: Tender Is the Night

Youth, World

„I don't like girls who wear lots of make-up and you can't see their face. Some girls are beautiful but insecure and look much better without the make-up, but decide to put loads on. I like girls with nice eyes and a nice smile.“

— Justin Bieber Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor 1994

Quoted in MTV Justin Bieber: "Girls Look Better Without Make-Up" http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/justin-bieber/202740-justin-bieber, April 2010

Beauty, Girl

„As we walked into the room
There were faces staring, glaring, tearing through me,
Someone said, 'Welcome to your doom,'
Then they smiled with eyes that looked as if they knew me,
This is scaring me.“

— Michael Jackson American singer, songwriter and dancer 1958 - 2009

This Place Hotel
Triumph (1980)

Tear

„There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit,
And there is a smile of smiles
In which these two smiles meet.“

— William Blake English Romantic poet and artist 1757 - 1827

The Smile, st. 1
1800s, Poems from the Pickering Manuscript (c. 1805)

Love

„Because of you, each day is a melon slice
smelling sweetly of earth
Because of you, all fruits reach out to me
as if I were the sun.
Thanks to you, I live on the honey of hope.
You are the reason my heart beats.
Because of you, even my loneliest nights
smile like an Anatolian kilim on your wall.
Should my journey end before I reach my city,
I've rested in a rose garden thanks to you.
Because of you I don't let death enter,
clothed in the softest garments,
and knocking on my door with songs
calling me to the greatest place.“

— Nâzım Hikmet Turkish poet 1902 - 1963

From Because of You (29 August 1960)

Death, Hope, Sun, Heart

„And I understood that in man dwells Love! I was glad that God had already begun to show me what He had promised, and I smiled for the first time.“

— Leo Tolstoy, book What Men Live By

Source: What Men Live By (1881), Ch. XI
Context: Then I remembered the first lesson God had set me: "Learn what dwells in man." And I understood that in man dwells Love! I was glad that God had already begun to show me what He had promised, and I smiled for the first time.

Love, God, Time

„Slowly the joy of flower and bird
Did like a tide withdraw;
And in the heaven a silent star
Smiled on me, infinitely far.“

— Francis William Bourdillon British poet 1852 - 1921

" The Chantry Of The Cherubim http://www.bartleby.com/236/219.html" in The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse (1917) by D. H. S. Nicholson.
Context: p>I walk as one unclothed of flesh,
I wash my spirit clean;
I see old miracles afresh,
And wonders yet unseen.
I will not leave Thee till Thou give
Some word whereby my soul may live!I listened — but no voice I heard;
I looked — no likeness saw;
Slowly the joy of flower and bird
Did like a tide withdraw;
And in the heaven a silent star
Smiled on me, infinitely far.</p

Star, Flowers, Bird, Joy

„Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough. “

— Richard M. DeVos American businessman 1926 - 2018

World, Hope, Optimism, Hope

„Another Boring Love Story

She was risky at best.
She had a sordid past.
She was complicated.
She was wild.
She had numerous demons.
But she had a loving heart.
But she had a soft smile.
But her tears smelled like morning dew.
But she was intelligent and worldly.
But she intimidated men.
So, I dove in headfirst without a second thought.
And wow; she was a demon.
The End“

— RJ Intindola (Gandolfo)

2005

Past, Intelligence, Heart, Love

„Destiny is smiling at the people who are going to become successful, but are still struggling in the present moment.“

— Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

Success, People

„Keep moving. Don't get bogged down. Don't think about the bad stuff. Smile and joke even when you don't feel like it. Especially when you don't feel like it.“

— Rick Riordan, book The Blood of Olympus

Source: The Blood of Olympus

Feeling, Thinking

„What if there's a fire?" Glenna said sweetly, and Cian merely smiled. "Then I guess you'd better open a window, and fly.“

— Nora Roberts American romance writer 1950

Source: Morrigan's Cross

Flying

„Stark looked strong and healthy and totally gorgeous. I was distracting myself by wondering what exactly Scottish guys did, or didn't, wear under those kilts when he turned to face me.
His smile lit up his eyes. "I can practically hear you thinking.“

— Kristin Cast, book Awakened

Source: Awakened

Guy, Thinking, Strong

„Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.“

— Christina Rossetti English poet 1830 - 1894

Remember, l. 13-14.
Source: Pre-Raphaelite Poetry: An Anthology

Sadness, Forgetting, Cute

„So here is my story, may it bring
Some smiles and a tear or so,
It happened once upon a time,
Far away, and long ago,
Outside the night wind keens and wails,
Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!“

— Brian Jacques, book Lord Brocktree

Source: Lord Brocktree

Tear, Time, Night

„they say that time heals all things,
they say you can always forget;
but the smiles and the tears across the years
they twist my heart strings yet!“

— George Orwell, book 1984

Source: 1984

Tear, Time, Heart, Forgetting

„The moon like a flower
In heaven's high bower,
With silent delight,
Sits and smiles on the night.“

— William Blake, Night

Night, st. 1
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)

Flowers, Night

„Will smiled the way Lucifer might have smiled, moments before he fell from Heaven.“

— Cassandra Clare, book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

Way

„What a terrible mistake, thought Drogo, perhaps everything is like that — we think there are beings like ourselves around us and instead there is nothing but ice and stones speaking a strange language; we are on the point of greeting a friend but our arm falls inert, the smile dies away because we are completely alone.“

— Dino Buzzati, book The Tartar Steppe

Source: The Tartar Steppe

Thinking

„That is all very senseless, but this senselessness has a pretty mouth, and it smiles.“

— Robert Walser, book Jakob von Gunten

Source: Jakob von Gunten

„When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.“

— Patrick Süskind German writer and screenwriter 1949

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Love, Time

„It is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is one who will smile,
When everything goes dead wrong.“

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox American author and poet 1850 - 1919

Life, Dead, For Men

„don't treat me like a child."
He smiled. "Of course I do, but you seem to have this ridiculous notion that being treated like a child means to be treated with less respect than an adult.“

— Derek Landy Irish children's writer 1974

Source: The Faceless Ones

„Valkyrie smiled patiently. "I like how you do your make-up. Do you use a brush, or just dip your head in the bucket?“

— Derek Landy Irish children's writer 1974

„Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.“

— Kristin Hannah American writer 1960

Source: Night Road

Way, Time

„When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you.“

— Philippa Gregory, book The Other Boleyn Girl

Source: The Other Boleyn Girl

Dance

„I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.“

— Jim Butcher, book Fool Moon

Source: Fool Moon

Children

„Everyone smiles in the same language.“

— George Carlin American stand-up comedian 1937 - 2008

Cute

„A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.“

— Masashi Kishimoto, book Naruto

Source: Naruto, Vol. 01: The Tests of the Ninja

Way, Cute

„What have I eaten? Lies and smiles.“

— Sylvia Plath American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932 - 1963

„There is no other world. Nor even this one. What, then, is there? The inner smile provoked in us by the patent nonexistence of both.“

— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

World

„When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your're the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.“

— Ralph Waldo Emerson American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803 - 1882

Life, Cry

„When you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.“

— Rabindranath Tagore Bengali polymath 1861 - 1941

World, Joy, Cry

„You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me."
She smiled up at him. Filthy as he was, covered in blood and dirt, he was the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen.
"But I don't want anything else in the world.“

— Cassandra Clare, book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

World, Beauty

„Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.“

— Jim Butcher, book Storm Front

Source: Storm Front

People

„Honestly," she sighed, "I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other."
I smiled. "It's a good thing the world's round," I said.“

— Kenneth Oppel Canadian children's writer 1967

Life, World, Flying

„I am happier than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he can spare from me.“

— Jane Austen, book Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

Love, World

„I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.“

— Jane Austen, book Pride and Prejudice

Source: Pride and Prejudice

People, World, Justice

„In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.“

— William Saroyan, The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life (1939)
Context: Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. No man's guilt is not yours, nor is any man's innocence a thing apart. Despise evil and ungodliness, but not men of ungodliness or evil. These, understand. Have no shame in being kindly and gentle, but if the time comes in the time of your life to kill, kill and have no regret. In the time of your life, live — so that in the wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.
Context: In the time of your life, live — so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding-place and let it be free and unashamed. Place in matter and in flesh the least of the values, for these are things that hold death and must pass away. Discover in all things that which shines and is beyond corruption. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Ignore the obvious, for it is unworthy of the clear eye and the kindly heart. Be the inferior of no man, nor of any man be the superior. Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. No man's guilt is not yours, nor is any man's innocence a thing apart. Despise evil and ungodliness, but not men of ungodliness or evil. These, understand. Have no shame in being kindly and gentle, but if the time comes in the time of your life to kill, kill and have no regret. In the time of your life, live — so that in the wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.

Life, World, Time

„I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.“

— Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

„He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole eternal world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.“

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby

Life, World, Hope, Time

„Frank Sinatra stopped his car. The light was red. Pedestrians passed quickly across his windshield but, as usual, one did not. It was a girl in her twenties. She remained at the curb staring at him. Through the corner of his left eye he could see her, and he knew, because it happens almost every day, that she was thinking, It looks like him, but is it? Just before the light turned green, Sinatra turned toward her, looked directly into her eyes waiting for the reaction he knew would come. It came and he smiled. She smiled and he was gone.“

— Gay Talese American writer 1932

"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" (Esquire, April 1966)

Cars, Girl, Thinking, Light

„She glared at him. "Why are you forever asking hard questions?"
He smiled. "Sooner or later you'll have to be able to answer one."
Daja shoved him, grinning.“

— Tamora Pierce American writer of fantasy novels for children 1954

Question

„What makes big boobs and perkiness so attractive to boys? I mean, really. Two round, mounds of fat and a fake smile. Yeah, winning attributes.“

— Gena Showalter American writer 1975

Source: Oh My Goth

Boy

„So my last image was as the first. A sleeping youth cloaked in light, who opened his eyes with a smile of recognition for someone who had never been a stranger.“

— Patti Smith, Just Kids

Source: Just Kids

Youth, Sleep, Light

„She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond",
"What does?"
"This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.“

— Jean Paul Sartre, book The Age of Reason

Source: The Age of Reason

„Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile,
And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart,
And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,
And frame my face for all occasions“

— William Shakespeare English playwright and poet 1564 - 1616

Source: King Henry VI, Part 3

Tear, Heart, Cry

„Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.“

— Susanna Kaysen, book Girl, Interrupted

Source: Girl, Interrupted

World, Cry

„A baseball bat could not have hit me harder than that smile did. I was sixteen years old. In that time, how many thousands of smiles had been aimed at me? so why did this one feel like the first?“

— Jerry Spinelli, book Stargirl

Source: Stargirl

Feeling, Time

„Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.“

— Jean Paul Sartre French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary cri… 1905 - 1980

„The worst kind of pain is when you're smiling just to stop the tears from falling.“

— Hiro Mashima Japanese manga artist 1977

Pain, Tear, Depressing

„If the moon smiled, she would resemble you.
You leave the same impression
Of something beautiful, but annihilating.“

— Sylvia Plath American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932 - 1963

Source: Ariel: The Restored Edition

Beauty

„Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.“

— Thich Nhat Hanh Religious leader and peace activist 1926

Life, Beauty, Beauty, Cute

„The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror,
and each will smile at the other’s welcome.“

— Derek Walcott, Sea Grapes

Source: Sea Grapes

Time

„"Well there goes my plan for selling them on eBay," Clary muttered.
"Selling them on what?"
Clary smiled blandly at him. "A mythical place of great magical power."“

— Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Clary and Jace, pg. 98
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

„I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.“

— Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit

Source: No Exit

„You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.“

— John Fowles, book The Magus

Source: The Magus

„They were smiling at each other as if this was the beginning of the world.“

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, book The Love of the Last Tycoon

Source: The Last Tycoon

World

„Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.“

— Dr. Seuss American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books 1904 - 1991

Cry, Forgetting, Goodbye

„But we're going to smile and pretend we're fine with the dorky birthmas gifts because people do not get that they can't mush a birthday into christmas.“

— P. C. Cast, book Chosen

Source: Chosen

People, Birthday, Christmas

„I'm not scared of dying. I'm not scared of death. I'll keep a smile 'til my last breath. I've loved 'til I've lost. I've lived how I felt. One day I will find peace within myself.“

— Ed Harcourt British musician 1977

Braille

Love, Death, Peace

„That's what I like about the World Series. It gives me a chance to talk with lots of writers, a chance for them to understand me better than in the past. When Roberto Clemente is mentioned, he is always mentioned with injuries. They say I'm moody, selfish, temperamental. That's not the real me. I was born with a serious face. If you know my life, if you know me well by taking the time to learn to know me, then you'll understand me. Most places I go, people say "smile." I don't like that. I don't believe in being a hypocrite. If the occasion is for smiling, I will be smiling. I'm a very happy person.“

— Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican baseball player 1934 - 1972

As quoted in "Clemente Says He is Very Happy" https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=42oeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1983%2C4221206 by the Associated Press, in The Daytona Beach Morning Journal (October 16, 1971), p. 1-C
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Life, People, World, Understanding

„Haven't people learned yet that the time of superficial intellectual games is over, that agony is infinitely more important than syllogism, that a cry of despair is more revealing than the most subtle thought, and that tears always have deeper roots than smiles?“

— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

On the Heights of Despair (1934)

People, Game, Tear, Learning