“We've got to laugh or break our hearts in this damnable world.”
“A crazy place in my mind laughs to keep the world and my heart from breaking in two.”
“The problem is that we've got a sense of humor and (Republicans have) got guns. Will we die laughing?”
“I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)”
“Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world.”
“We've got to believe in our beautiful impossible blueprints.”