Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive ... one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in the big things, and happy in small ways. β¨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.7523, Delphi Classics
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