Joy

“Everything altered. The room was the same as it had always been, night and morning, day after day for as long as Sarah could remember, but she was seeing it with new eyes. It was all fabricated from pieces of scrap, everything was rubbish, relics. All her things, the furniture, even the walls, the whole room was a garbage heap, a dead shrine to a spirit that had fled.”
― A.C.H. Smith, Labyrinth: A Novel Based on the Jim Henson Film

“There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment," said Tempest with a bitter smile.
Law and custom I know nothing of, public opinion I despise, and shame and fear I defy, for everyone has a right to be happy in their own way.”
― Louisa May Alcott, A Long Fatal Love Chase

“Poor little Margaret, no hope for you when Faust and Mephistopheles are one.”
― Louisa May Alcott, A Long Fatal Love Chase

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life