I know you have it in you, Guy, " Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be terribly happy.

Patricia Highsmith
I know you have it in you, Guy,
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Anne was sure that Guy had the capacity to be happy, but she wasn’t sure if he had figured out how to make it work. She knew her son, but she didn’t know him. The only thing she was certain of was that he could be happy one day, but it would take someone like her to show him how to make it last. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Source: Strangers On A Train

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