Decorum – that bug-bear which deters so many from bliss until the opportunity for bliss has forever gone by.

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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream by night."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Imagination

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Well-being

"We loved a love that was more than love."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Love

"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Adversity

"We loved with a love that was more than love."

- Edgar Allan Poe

Love

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"In loving someone as they are, we open ourselves to the possibility of true happiness."

- Beauty and the Beast

Happiness

"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."

- W. P. Kinsella

Happiness

"You’re only one workout away from a good mood."

- Health Coach Maria Marlowe

Happiness

"Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!"

- Kate Summers

Happiness

"Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss."

- S. O’ Sade

Happiness