My guess is that by now even Happy believed his own story; and so did sponsors and well-wishers.
Mr. Wolf said he, too, was happy, believing that he had provided the drama Ms. Miller sought "without compromising our design integrity".
Most of Europe is happy, believing that FIFA has long been a cesspit of corruption in desperate need of fresh faces and reform.
I woke up each morning dazed and sometimes happy, believing for a brief moment that my predicament had been only a bad dream; I prayed for good news, but nothing changed.
What if everything we were taught as a culture were an illusion, but it seemed to be true because that's all we knew, and everyone was happy believing in it, but then you found out it was false.
We may be happier believing in God even if there is no God.
So, for example, Josh would be happier believing falsely that the gourmet chocolate he finds so delicious isn't produced by exploited farmers than falsely believing that it is, since he desires that it not be so produced.
I would have been happier believing there was a purpose in the world, there was justice, and that I'll one day see my grandmother in heaven and Hitler won't be there.
Therapy by media he enjoys, I think, because if, out here in the real world, we're all happy to believe that Hef is happy, then that makes Hef - the cartoon posterboy for Having It All - pretty damn happy too.
These are ideas we are happy to believe in.
