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What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. – Bernard Cornwell

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Book tours and research provide a lot of travel – too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations. – Bernard Cornwell

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Derive happiness in oneself from a good days work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. – Henri Matisse

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