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happiness

[hap-ee-nis] / ˈhæp i nɪs /


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With his new novel “Contrapposto”, Dave Eggers has written a big-hearted, deeply moving story about the choices artists make, or don’t make, to square up their own notions of success and happiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Those supporters screamed with happiness at the Co-op Live arena, and shirts bearing her name on the back swarmed Wembley Way before Sunday's Women's FA Cup final.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The saying goes that, in literature, happiness writes white on the page.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"We are still living in tents with no atmosphere of joy, only worries, fear, and exhaustion, without any of the happiness we once knew," she said.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

This time when the app opened, a small Indian woman in a bright orange sari greeted him and reminded him that he made his own happiness with his choices.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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