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“Mama, don't take him. We need him,' Jack whispered. 'Please. He will not forget you if you let him stay with us. He will love you for ever and every time he laughs, he will remember how you once laughed...”

Book:Greylands

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Greylands

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Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Carmody is an Australian author renowned for her fantasy novels. Born on June 16, 1958, she has been publishing works since 1987, with her books enjoying widespread popularity among readers. more

“Those are the only to verbalizations usually that we make in movies—either to scream or to laugh—because those two reactions are rather close. Most things we laugh at are things that are really horrible, when you think about them. It’s funny and you don’t scream, as long as it’s not you. If it’s somebody else you can laugh.”

Laughter Movies

Author:Stephen King

“They hooted and laughed all the way back to the car, teasing Milkman, egging him on to tell more about how scared he was. And he told them. Laughing too, hard, loud, and long. Really laughing, and he found himself exhilarated by simply walking the earth. Walking it like he belonged on it; like his legs were stalks, tree trunks, a part of his body that extended down down down into the rock and soil, and were comfortable there--on the earth and on the place where he walked. And he did not limp.”

Laughter Belonging 280 281

Book:Song Of Solomon

Source: Song Of Solomon

“The Reverend William Trent, whose mind was of a serious order, had several times warned his elder sister that too lively a sense of humour frequently led to laxity of principle. She now perceived how right he was; and wondered, in dismay, whether it was because he invariably made her laugh that instead of regarding the Nonesuch with revulsion she was obliged to struggle against the impulse to cast every scruple to the winds, and to give her life into his keeping.”

Love Laughter Sense Of Humor

Book:The Nonesuch

Source: The Nonesuch

“The gods, so says the old superstition, do not like to behold too happy mortals. It is certain, at least, that some human beings do not.”