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“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
“Laughter is poison to fear.” George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“Kissing with inside lip? stopping the career of laughter with a sigh?” William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
“For if absurdity be the subject of laughter, doubt you not but great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon
“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.” Nicole Krauss, The History of Love
“you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy” Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
“the highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion.” Richard Feynman, What Do You Care What Other People Think?
“It takes three girls to tow always; two hold the rope, and the other one runs round and round, and giggles.” Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat
“For a fit of laughter which has been indulged to excess almost always produces a violent reaction.” Plato, The Republic
“It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.” Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
“Maturity . . . is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.” Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Never laugh at live dragons” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“The man that loves and laughs, must sure do well.” Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man
“And I have one of these very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.” J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
“The only harm is in doing what Fear tells you. Fear is not your master! Laugh in his face and he will run away.” George MacDonald, Lilith
“She hiked her skirt higher. It was like the beginning of life and laughter, it was the real meaning of the sun.” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“What I know for sure is that every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and step out and dance—to live free of regret and filled with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.” Oprah Winfrey, What I Know For Sure
“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
“He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.” John Steinbeck, East of Eden
“When you’re young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you’re laughing again.” Marilyn Monroe, My Story

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