And what is happy? It is a going always on. There is something better …

Sylvia Plath
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And what is happy? It is a going always on. There is something better to be done than I have done, and spurred by the fair delusion of progress, I will seek to progress, to whip myself on, to more and more- to learning. Always. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.141, Anchor
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