Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 March 2016 source ↗
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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?Originally asked
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“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” —Emma Lazarus. Perfect happiness exists only in my imagination at the moment.
Floating in a river full of fat trout.
Drinks on the deck at sunset.
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Overall I’d have to say my earnestness.
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