... so it seems like they are happy even though they"re not. In this respect, these people are censoring themselves from their unhappiness. "Darkness. [They were] not happy." (p.12). They "wore [their] happiness like a mask" (p. 12). As they wear this mask, they not fool each other but also themselves. Even though they only see the lying ... masks, unconsciously they know the truth. This is evident in the countless suicides. They "drown in [their] bright happiness" (p. 153). Everyone "wanted to die" (p. 122). But what they do not realize ... ...

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