“Just be happy that it is what it is and not what it could be because after all, it could always be worse”
“Just a rat, she repeated to herself. After all, there were rats in the palace. Human and otherwise. Could be worse.”
“Life's pleasures were so simple, really. It was all a matter of appreciating what you had - and knowing that things could always be worse.”
“What could be worse than another person's happiness? Not that his unhappiness would make us happy, but we need it in order to bear our own.”
“When good things happen in the moment of happiness a ball of light will appear. It's not known what it is. What is certain though is that it is a sign of happiness. And if one could obtain it they could grant a single wish... -Yukine Miyazawa After Story ep. 8”
“After all, what could you expect from a pig but a grunt?”