“Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it was always more important.”— Colum McCann Related Quotes “You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren’t happy in one place, chances are you won’t be happy anyplace.”– Ernie Banks “Don’t ever lose your smile. Don’t ever let anything take away the joy from your laugh. You never know when the taste of laughter on the tongue or the scent of happiness in the air might save one’s life.”— Emory R. Frie “Much that for us is fraught with with happiness or misery, remains almost unnoticed by the rest of the world.”— Marcel Proust