"The kind of happy I was that day at the Vet when Hawk Dawson actually doffed his red C cap to me, and everyone cheered and practically convulsed into tears - you can't patent that. It was one shining moment of glory that was instantly gone. Whereas life, real life, is different and can't even be appraised as simply happy, but only in terms of Yes, I'll take it all, thanks or No, I believe I won't. Happy, as my poor father used to say, is a lot of hooey. Happy is a circus clown, a sitcom, a greeting card. Life, though, life's about something sterner. But also something better. A lot better. Believe me."
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