“I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!”
“I take a step toward him and grin cheerfully. "With all due respect, I don't see the Republic tacking up wanted posters with your pretty face on them.”
“I'm not calling you that," she announced flatly. "It's too weird. I'm going to call you Carl." "I don't want you to call me Carl." "That's interesting, Carl," said Angela, cheering up.”
“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”
“Definitely not—you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.”
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”