“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
“It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves, don't take life too seriously.”
“They laughed too, even Rose Dear shook her head and smiled, and suddenly the world was right side up. Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. More complicated, more serious than tears.”
“Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.”
“And isn't that what all boys want and all men, too? Just to be taken seriously?”
“I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.”