“I was stupid, the official descriptive phrase for happy.”
“There were a million things, everything, I didn't know I was stupid- the official descriptive phrase for happy.”
“Hmm, I officially amend my previous statement. Clearly one of them is that stupid.”
“But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.”
“The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness?”
“I particularly like that last phrase," Mom said. "About protecting your own happiness.”