“I always really admired you growing up. Always smiling through your unhappiness. A real inspiration.” “I… — Jasper Fforde
“I always really admired you growing up. Always smiling through your unhappiness. A real inspiration.”
“I wasn’t unhappy.”
“You looked unhappy.”
“Looks can be deceptive.”
“All too true,” she said, “but I meant what I said: inspirational in a sort of tragic way, like you were the failure in the family, but always looked on the bright side of everything.”
“You’re very kind,” I said, long used to Megan’s ways, “but it could have been much worse: I could have been born without tact or empathy, and be shallow, self-absorbed and hideously patronizing.”
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