~ At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. ~
~ So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter. ~
~ Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. ~
~ Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. ~
~ Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power; that is all ~
~ Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. ~
~ Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations. ~
~ Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face ~
~ Laughter is brightest, in the place here the food is. ~
~ Laughter's the nearest we ever get, or should get, to sainthood. It's the state of grace that saves most of us from contempt. ~
~ One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter. ~
~ I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. ~