People · 1922
There is only one success… to be able to spend your life in your own way.
— Christopher Morley · Where the Blue Begins
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Success is defined as being able to live in one's own way. That makes freedom of choice the central measure of a life. The line invites us to judge achievement by what matters to the person living it.
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