“We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.”

— Garrison Keillor

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American radio host and writer 1942

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“We are not simple people who believe in happiness;”

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Toda Raba (1934)
Context: We are not simple people who believe in happiness; nor weaklings who crumple to the ground in distress at the first reverse; nor skeptics observing the bloody effort of marching humanity from the lofty heights of a mocking, sterile wit. Believing in the fight, though we entertain no illusions about it, we are armed against every disappointment.