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Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive Quotes: Goals are the source of misery. An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction.
         

Goals are the source of misery. An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction.


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