True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out, you must stay out and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.Rate it:(0.00 / 0 votes)Say it

Henry James

writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)

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