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There is no such thing as static happiness. Happiness is a mixed thing, a thing compounded of sacrifices, and losses, and betrayals.

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There is no such thing as static happiness. Happiness is a mixed thing, a thing compounded of sacrifices, and losses, and betrayals. - John Updike

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Author's Biography:
Name: John Updike
Born: 18 March 1932. Died: 27 January 2009
Profession: Novelist | Poet | Writer | Critic |


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