Who said "The pursuit of happiness often leads away from it."?

This quote is attributed to Carson McCullers.

The pursuit of happiness often leads away from it. - Carson McCullers

"The pursuit of happiness often leads away from it."

Carson McCullers Happiness

Novelist American 1917–1967

"The world is a more beautiful place than I have ever suspected."

"We are all of us lonely."

"There is no doubt that in excess, almost anything is poisonous."

"A person deprived of aloneness is in prison without knowing it."

"Babalú!"

"My greatest joy is making people smile."

"Laughter and love make a home."

"The best things in life are free."