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Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?
— Mr. Emerson ‧ A Room with a View
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Happiness is rare, so it would be foolish to shove it away when it turns up. The speaker uses the image of happiness sitting on a box and asks whether anyone would knock it off, urging people to let it stay.
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