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Letter: Happiness is comfort or an inverse relationship (1)

Published 2 March 2022

From Ken Jensen, Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada

A particular nuance of happiness has been overlooked (22 January, p 38). In her novel A Closed Eye, Anita Brookner touches on it when one of her characters reflects thus: “Happiness was what young people wanted; at his age he knew that comfort was more important.”

Issue no. 3376 published 5 March 2022

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