The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it.
...__ll this suffering,_ I said, __nd nothing but greed and violence to build on when the war is over.___ave another soda-mint,_ said Charles.I had one. Then I said, __hy are we here? That__ what I don__ understand. Why be here at all when it all has to be so beastly?___ suppose we just came, like mould on cheese.___hen why do we want to be happy? Mould on cheese doesn__ want to be happy._ ...
Henrietta Sees It Through: More News from the Home Front 1942-1945
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...__ll this suffering,_ I said, __nd nothing but greed and violence to build on when the war is over.___ave another soda-mint,_ said Charles.I had one. Then I said, __hy are we here? That__ what I don__ understand. Why be here at all when it all has to be so beastly?___ suppose we just came, like mould on cheese.___hen why do we want to be happy? Mould on cheese doesn__ want to be happy._ ...
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