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“The increasing seriousness of things, then that's the great opportunity of jokes.” Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady
“Taking crazy things seriously is—a serious waste of time.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
“One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager” Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days
“life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.” Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
“We all need to be mocked from time to time . . . lest we start to take ourselves too seriously.” George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“I tried to look earnest, but I only succeeded in looking pathetic.” Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer
“Sex is difficult; yes. But those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious. ” Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
“His name is Marcus: he is four and a half and possesses that deep gravity and seriousness that only small children and mountain gorillas have ever been able to master.” Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
“you must not come lightly to the blank page.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death.” Albert Camus, The Fall
“The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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