Norman Maclean (1902–1990) American author and scholar
"A River Runs Through It", p. 22
A River Runs Through It (1976)
“My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.”
— Sylvia Plath, book The Bell Jar
Source: The Bell Jar
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