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Everybody knows people who are dreadfully unhappy, and yet can put on a happy face

It’s not rigid. It has a set of default responses, but they’re extremely malleable to experience.

The 28 percent who said they had read an ebook in the past year has remained relatively steady in the past two years.

When you’ve been toiling through the sucking ooze, with submerged roots and branches grabbing at your ankles, dry solid ground feels almost miraculous.

My heart sank

Have a soft spot for someone/something

Adventurer Thor Heyerdahl wrote up his experiences crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus boat and noted his dismay at finding bits of tar and other garbage along the route

people have latched onto this like the philosopher's stone and clung to it

The support incited some grumbling

People may scoff at the idea, but once they realize ...

I’m 69 later this year — and I’ve had a pretty good run.

stressed-out or agitated

It’s still very hard to entirely grasp how something so utterly ordinary can be equally miraculous and profound