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But perhaps that's why we take snaps...to provide false evidence to underpin the false claim that we were happy. because the thought that we weren't happy at least for some time during our lives is unbearable. adults order children to smile in the photos, involve them in the lie, so we smile, we feign happiness.
-Jo Nesbo
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Jo Nesbo
But perhaps that's why we take snaps...to provide false evidence to underpin the false claim that we were happy. because the thought that we weren't happy at least for some time during our lives is unbearable. adults order children to smile in the photos, involve them in the lie, so we smile, we feign happiness.
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