"But happiness is not always loud and bright……" — E L Konigsburg

But happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded. Happiness ripens… - E L Konigsburg

"But happiness is not always loud and bright and crowded. Happiness ripens like a watermelon, sweet and rosy on the inside with only a thin top layer altogether free of small black pits. And, like a watermelon, the whole thing can be covered with a plain dark rind."

— E L Konigsburg

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