“Fraser’s mother, Janice, was actually quite a happy soul but she had to hide it because, like all pseudo-intellectuals, she thought being cheery made her look stupid, which of course she was for believing that rubbish in the first place.”

— Craig Ferguson, book Between the Bridge and the River

Between the Bridge and the River (2006)

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