“I came here to be happy, and I’m going to be happy. If I smile, then maybe I can convince my body just how happy I am.”
“They think I’m simpleminded because I seem to be happy. Why shouldn’t I be happy? I have everything I ever wanted and more. Maybe I am simpleminded. Maybe that’s the key: simple.”
“There I am, in the Grade Six class picture, smiling broadly. Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hardshelled, firmly closed.”
“I'm not happy. Nor am I sad. I'm just...here.”
“I am completely happy. My sister is here, and because my sister is here I am somehow more me.”
“There was a willful calm and happiness. I think people can decide to be happy. Maybe that was it.”