#but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

[usefulquotes7]

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. - Chuck Palahniuk

[jojo-the-bird]

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

- Chuck Palahniuk

[thoughtkick]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[perfectquote]

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

[thehopefulquotes]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[stay-close]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[resqectable]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[perfeqt]

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

[quotefeeling]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[perfectfeelings]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: Emotions (Happiness)

Happiness manifests differently in different people. But here are a few notes to consider when writing about happiness.

Happy: Other Words to Use

HIGH excited, thrilled, ecstatic, elated, intoxicated, captivated, euphoric, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed MODERATE cheerful, upbeat, optimistic, enthusiastic, lively, gleeful, joyful, peppy, delighted, tickled, hopeful LOW merry, light, jolly, up, glad, pleased, blissful, chipper, content, perky, playful

Happiness: Some Signs

Eyes may squint slightly

Wrinkles may appear at the corners of the eyes

The cheeks may raise

A defined wrinkle may run from the sides of the nose to the corners of the mouth, known as “smile lines”

The corners of the mouth may move up at a diagonal, widening the mouth

The mouth may part, exposing teeth

Smiling: One Sign of Happiness

Describe how your character's smile looks like.

A smile may be described as warm, authentic, humorless, mocking, cruel etc.

Is your character amused, nervous, or happy?

A smile can mean many things, and it can even foreshadow a character’s hidden traits.

A cold smile can indicate a more sinister nature.

But a smile is an expression that is commonly faked. If you want to show that a character is faking a smile, you may describe their eyes as not matching the rest of their expression. True happiness is usually expressed with the eyes, so when a person smiles without showing it in their eyes, it may come across as cold and ingenuine.

Happiness: Some Quotes

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. (Chuck Palahniuk)

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. (Ernest Hemingway)

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.” (Sylvia Plath)

I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride. (Alexandre Dumas)

Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness. (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

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[philosophors]

“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

[quotemadness]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[thoughtkick]

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

[perfectquote]

It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Chuck Palahniuk

[thedeadpoetsraven]

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

— Chuck Palahniuk