Joy Quotes

“She and Shepherd became lovers that summer, and her heart poured out all the love she had to give him, love she had waited a lifetime to give someone.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“There was nowhere to go with the love she had inside her, no one to give it to. It lay dormant within her, like a deep well filling up from an unknown source. She still slept with her teddy bear at night, which her grandmother disapproved of, but allowed.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“She often said those had been her best years, and surely the most fun. Twenty-five years later, she was still having fun. Isabelle showed the photograph of her debut to Allegra, who looked at it admiringly. She could see the resemblance, but her mother was so much more flamboyant and extroverted. She radiated excitement and joy. Allegra was a much quieter person, with a much more peaceful nature. She would never have dared to be as exuberant as her mother. She had been forced to hide all her life from people who didn’t want her around, or to nurture herself when they left her to her own devices, or abandoned her like her parents. She had never had the luxury of being as sure of herself as Isabelle was. She couldn’t even imagine what that would feel like. Allegra had been forced to be invisible for most of her life, in order to avoid getting hurt or rejected. “Studio 54 was fantastic,” Isabelle said to Allegra, with the light of memory in her eyes. “It didn’t last long, but it was fabulous. People really had fun then. The world is a lot quieter and more boring now.” “Maybe fewer drugs,” Mariette commented, and as Isabelle laughed, Allegra heard the sound that had reminded her of bells as a child. She remembered that and the scent of her exotic perfume most of all. “I used to love your perfume,” Allegra said with a dreamy expression. Her mother smiled at the memory. “I wore two in those days, Femme by Rochas and Shalimar by Guerlain. I blended them myself. I don’t wear either of them anymore. It’s funny that you remember that.” She looked touched for a moment.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“Joy. No one could take it away from her. It was deep within her, and no one could deprive her of it. She had sensed joy in Galen too, and kindness, and courage. It took courage to hang on to joy, and determination not to lose it. The bad people and the bad times made one grow stronger and appreciate joy even more when one found it again, still intact, its light shining even brighter than before. She was looking forward to seeing Galen again. And whatever happened, she had joy in her soul. She had found it again, deep within her, brighter and stronger than ever.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“His love had washed away all the sorrows of her past and filled her heart with happiness, enough to last for the rest of her life.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“Most people never know a love like this. They waste their time and their lives with all the wrong ones.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“She was smiling with a look of liberation on her face. She was free of her mother at last. It was finally over.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“The next time she gave her heart, it had to be someone who would take good care of it, and not walk away and forget to say goodbye, like her mother and Shep. She was worth more than that. For the first time she believed it, even if she’d had no evidence of it yet. She felt like a balloon everyone had let go, and she was rising into the sky, floating on the wind, alone.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“Allegra was sixteen the summer she met Shepherd Williams, a tall, handsome, bright boy with dark hair and blue eyes.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“Allegra lived with her paternal grandparents for five years, making herself as small as she could in the rigid, chilly atmosphere of their home.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy

“Isabelle’s parents, Allegra’s grandparents, the VanderHolts, lived in New York.”
― Danielle Steel, Joy