Happy Enough

"... I've come to believe, I guess, that that's why so many people are good. They're good despite themselves. They're too lazy to be wicked. It's as if they can't be bothered. They may not be ecstatically happy or even moderatly content, but they've got enough happiness to keep them from toppling over into the abyss."

~ Beth Prior, from Carol Shields's "Larry's Party"