Quote by Sylvia Day

Contentment and happiness didn't exist in my life for more than a few moments at a time, and they were really only illusionary. There was always something hidden. Lying in wait to spring up and ruin everything.

Contentment and happiness didn't exist in my life for more t

Summary

This quote expresses the speaker's perspective on their lack of sustained contentment and happiness in life. They believe that these positive feelings were merely temporary and deceptive, as they were always overshadowed by lurking threats that could disrupt their well-being at any moment. The quote suggests a deep-seated pessimism and a belief that lasting happiness is unattainable due to constant underlying challenges or problems.

Topics

Truth Memorable Words

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as muc

I've always loved sports and hockey is a sport I play as much as I can. I love it. In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything.

I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstance

I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee. I have also told them not to work for companies which make massacre machinery, and to express contempt for people who think we need machinery like that.

Out and down in the colonies, life can be indulged, life and

Out and down in the colonies, life can be indulged, life and sensuality in all its forms, with no harm done to the Metropolis, nothing to soil those cathedrals, white marble statues, noble thoughts.

Faith is that quality that enables us to believe what we kno

Faith is that quality that enables us to believe what we know to be untrue.

Pride goeth before destruction and a

Pride goeth before destruction and a

One must try to make one's life as pleasant as possible. I'm

One must try to make one's life as pleasant as possible. I'm alive and it's not my fault, which means I must somehow go on living the best I can, without bothering anybody, until I die.''But what makes you live? With such thoughts, you'll sit without moving, without undertaking anything...''Life won't leave one alone as it is.

Life Philosophy Purpose Meaning

Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when the

Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and t

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that sh

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

Georges Bernanos

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very fam

I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert he was like a second father.

God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his cha

God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning.

Oliver Wendell Holmes