"Nowadays, people don't ask you how you are, they say, 'Are you busy?' meaning, 'Are you well?' If someone actually does ask you how you are, the most cheerful answer, of course, is a robust 'Busy!' to which the person will reply 'Good!'"
"A man must walk only his own path...Never another's or his feet will grow tired and sore. And he will feel lost even when he arrives."
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Source: Jo Baker (2013). “Longbourn”, p.163, Random House
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