Books Quote by Nancy Springer

“Humour is the courtesy of despair”

— Chris Marker

Humor is... despair refusing to take itself seriously.

— Arland Ussher

“Humor is the politeness of despair.”

— Boris Vian

I'm too amused by the way people carry on to give in to despair.

— Joe Orton

If I can, by a lucky chance, in these uneasy days, rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care, or beguile the heavy…

— Washington Irving

How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind.

— Alice James

“(I’ve often noticed that people equate ‘having a sense of humour’ with ‘being an insensitive moron’.) This”

— Sophie Kinsella

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair.

— John Perry Barlow

Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another.

— Lisa Kleypas

Even in despair, man must laugh.

— Lin Yutang

The thing about a sense of humour is that it's not bestowed on the good. It's just randomly dished out.

— Chris Morris

“Persistent ill-humour is all too clear an indication that someone is living contrary to his[her] intended purpose.”

— Jose Ortega y Gasset