“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”
“Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.”
“what else is there to do but laugh and joke...how else can you bear up under the unbearable?”
“I have seen almost more beauty than I can bear.”
“Even if you fail or do something stupid, if you can laugh in the end, that's all that matters.”
“Dwarfs can often do the work of giants when they are transformed by the almost magic power of great mental concentration.”