Mole is happy and fulfilled by his simple life and limited possessions ("one bed, one pillow, one shelf for books, one cup for tea") till a friend "who has everything" persuades him that he doesn't ha
It was Virginia Woolf who said, “You cannot find peace by avoiding life,” and it was Confucius who said “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day,” but who can remember such things?
