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E. M. Forster1879–1970

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through and see those whom one loves come through.

E. M. Forster on happiness

Selected Letters (1983-1985), Letter 216, to Florence Barger, 11 February 1922

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