Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it was always more important.

Colum McCann
Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it...
Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it...
Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it...
Where happiness was not a possibility, the illusion of it...
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Happiness is an ideal that can never be achieved, but it is more important to people than the actual happiness itself. An illusion of happiness is more desirable than nothing at all.

Source: Zoli

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