André Gide Quote

Ah, this, that we call happiness, how intimate a part of the soul it is, and of what little importance are the outside elements which seem to go to its making!


La Porte Étroite (Strait is the Gate, 1909) pt. 5, translated by Dorothy Bussy


Ah, this, that we call happiness, how intimate a part of the soul it is, and of what little importance are the outside elements which seem to go to...

Ah, this, that we call happiness, how intimate a part of the soul it is, and of what little importance are the outside elements which seem to go to...

Ah, this, that we call happiness, how intimate a part of the soul it is, and of what little importance are the outside elements which seem to go to...

Ah, this, that we call happiness, how intimate a part of the soul it is, and of what little importance are the outside elements which seem to go to...