"Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us."

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Nowadays, people don't ask you how you are, they say, 'Are you busy?' meaning, 'Are you well?' If someone actually does ask you how you are, the most cheerful answer, of course, is a robust 'Busy!' to which the person will reply 'Good!'

— Jo Ann Davis