Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.
About this quote
- Attributed to
- Albert Camus
- Source
- A Happy Death (written 1936-38 (published in 1971, over 11 years after the author's death))
- Culture / tradition
- French
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- Verification
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