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“I've been thinking about happiness-how wrong it is ever to…” quote by May Sarton — Download Open image

“I've been thinking about happiness-how wrong it is ever to expect it to last or there to be a time of happiness. It's not that, it's a moment of happiness. Almost every day contains at least one moment of happiness.”

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