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Bartleby, the Scrivener Quotes

Ah, happiness courts the light, so we deem the world is gay; but misery hides aloof, so we deem that misery there is none.

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  • Book: Bartleby, the Scrivener
  • Writer: Herman Melville
  • Genre: Short Stories
  • Published: 1853
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