“My mother says happy ever after's a bunch of bull.”
“A bunch of silly men chasing a ball" my mother says "give each one his own ball if they're so desperate to have one”
“Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed.”
“My mother says that pain is hidden in everyone you see. She says try to imagine it like big bunches of flowers that everyone is carrying around with them. Think of your pain like a big bunch of red roses, a beautiful thorn necklace. Everyone has one.”
“Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull.”
“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.”