Source: The Great Divorce (1944–1945), Ch. 8
“Americans should never come to Europe,' she said, and tried to laugh and began to cry, 'it means they never can be happy again. What's the good of an American who isn't happy? Happiness was all we had.”
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James Baldwin
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Giovanni's Room
Source: Giovanni's Room
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