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" -Nobody can force you to smile, she says.
-What? I ask. But I know she's not even talking to me, only to herself, as if she's the last person left in the room.
-They can make you show your teeth, but what good is that? Nobody can make you smile against your will. "

Hugo Hamilton , The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood


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Hugo Hamilton quote : -Nobody can force you to smile, she says.<br /> -What? I ask. But I know she's not even talking to me, only to herself, as if she's the last person left in the room.<br /> -They can make you show your teeth, but what good is that? Nobody can make you smile against your will.