#laught

The Skeleton Chattering finch and water-fly Are not merrier than I; Here among the flowers I lie Laughing everlastingly. No: I may not tell the best; Surely, friends, I might have guessed Death was but the good King's jest, It was hid so carefully. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#hope #laughter #skeleton #death

Everyone knows how people who laugh easily create us by their laughter,--making us think of funnier and funnier things. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#laughter #writing #art

It's natural to feel jittery around new people. But sometimes you can get over your jitters if you make a joke. So when the Swedish housekeeper brought her breakfast on a tray, Charity said something cheeky about eating Lady Margaret out of house and home. But the big red-faced woman took no notice at all. So then Charity had to look totally relaxed and unconcerned as she enjoyed her breakfast in bed, which was easy enough after the first bite. The spooky Swedish housekeeper really was a fabulous cook. And Charity believed believed in looking for the best in people. ↗

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

#nervous-laughter #home

It was tragic how life had sucked her down to the bones, all her spontaneity her laughter and freedom had vanished. I knew then that I didn't ever want to be like that. Whatever happened, life was something too precious to give up on so easily. ↗

— Belinda Jeffrey

#give-up #laughter #life #precious #spontaneity

Lonely people have enthusiasms which cannot always be explained. When something strikes them as funny, the intensity and length of their laughter mirrors the depth of their loneliness, and they are capable of laughing like hyenas. When something touches their emotions, it runs through them like Paul Revere, awakening feelings that gather into great armies. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#intensity #laughter #loneliness #lonely-people #funny

Laughter is the sun which drives the winte from the human face. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#laughter #positive-thinking #inspirational

Nothing brings on jealousy like laughter. ↗

— Françoise Sagan

#laughter #jealousy

Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living. ↗

— Seán O'Casey

#laughter #life

No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I'm just laughing at life." "Why?" he asked, opening both his eyes. "Because sometimes it's either laugh or cry. I prefer laugh. How about you? ↗

— P.C. Cast

#laugh-or-cry #laughter #life #life

That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter. ↗

— Sheldon B. Kopp

#life #life