I think happiness is the absence of all things negative.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Weeping with laughter.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 January 2018 source ↗
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The very short instant right after accomplishing something very challenging.
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In my bed, a hot-water bottle on my tummy, the windows are open, reading a book that I’m already into, chocolate at hand, all with the knowledge that everyone I love and know is happy.
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The Obamas are impressive.
It happens all the time, but childhood holidays on the North Norfolk coast were a kind of bliss.
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