“I think sometimes people think cheerful is a synonym for dumb, so no one is ever cheerful.”
“You never get cheered for telling people the situation is not as simple as they think.”
“I think… and if you ever repeat what I’m saying right now I will cheerfully beat you to death, but I think that would hurt Jessica’s feelings”
“Just thinking about him made her smile, sent a cheerful little shiver up her spine. Love was terrifying and weird, and sometimes uncomfortable. But it was so fucking sweet”
“I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred orange and scrub the floor.”
“Yiddish is a cheerful language of not so happy people.”