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It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to… — Henry Miller

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It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how... And still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.

Henry Miller
1941
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HappinessSelf-knowledge
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Travel writing
Time
1941
Person
Henry Miller
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Miller, Henry. The Colossus of Maroussi. Colt Press, 1941, pt. 1.

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