“…smile first, then speak.”
More from George Saunders
“Humor is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more directly than we’re used…”
“It’s a big world, and I really like it.”
“All were in sorrow, or had been, or soon would be. It was the nature of things. Though on…”
“His mind was freshly inclined towards sorrow; toward the fact that the world was full of…”