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- Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. — Oscar Wilde
- When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
- A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. — Thomas Carlyle
- 's one of the perversities of the age: I'm embarrassed by its success, but I'm happy it's selling. — Jonathan Franzen
- It seems to me self-evident that if you have a life, things happen in it, and certain things do change; certain things end. People you know die. — Jonathan Franzen
- The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. — Jonathan Franzen