“I was armed with millions of smiles. Apologetic smiles, pity-me smiles, I-look-unto-God smiles—name all the fake smiles needed to get through an afternoon with a group of people who claim to want the best for you while poking at your open sore with a stick—and I had them ready.”https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/13490756.Ay_ba_mi_Ade_ba_y_

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“I was armed with millions of smiles. Apologetic smiles, pity-me smiles, I-look-unto-God smiles—name all the fake smiles needed to get through an afternoon with a group of people who claim to want the best for you while poking at your open sore with a stick—and I had them ready.”https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/13490756.Ay_ba_mi_Ade_ba_y_" in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.