#fake cheer

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As often when she was nervous, she sounded more happy than she was, coming up with banal things to say.

Susan Minot, from Don't Be a Stranger

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'Something wrong with you, then,' George said. She could be very blunt. 'Lots of things wrong with me,' he agreed, more cheerfully than he felt, perhaps.

Kate Atkinson, from Death at the Sign of the Rook

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Pretty sure it's going to be a shitty self esteem day today.