“We find what we are looking for in life, her father had once said to her, which was true—if you look for happiness, you will see it; if you look for distrust and envy and hatred—all those things—you will find those too.”
Source: The Full Cupboard of Life
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Alexander McCall Smith 55
British writer 1948Related quotes
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