Laughter Quote by Sarah Beth Durst

“There were sharp little blows in the music, and waves of quick, fine notes that burst and rolled like the thin, clear ringing of…

— Ayn Rand

“and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me?”

— Khalil Gibran

“They cheered and clapped, excited by the prospect of my musical pain. Twisted... every last one of them. If I still had any sense…

— Genna Rulon

“Why, masters, have your instruments been in Naples, that they speak i’ the nose thus? FIRST MUSICIAN How, sir, how! CLOWN Are these, I…

— William Shakespeare

“He is about to hand the earphone to Jutta when—clear and unblemished, about halfway down the coil—he hears the quick, drastic strikes of a…

— Anthony Doerr

“Unwinding the white strips from our bodies, we let our sadness float to the ground. Women kicked their heels above their heads. Men twisted…

— Jabari Asim

“Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and…

— Anthony Burgess

“Tell me this, pal, why isn't everybody sitting on a fence in the moonlight playing a banjo? That's all I want to know.”

— Vincent Lawrence

“I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me to be the most civilized music in the world. ”

— Peter Ustinov

“We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you now to know with which ear you'll listen.”

— Ray Bradbury

“Little notes of music trembled in hesitation, and burst, and rolled in quick, fine waves, like the thin, clear ringing of glass. Little notes…

— Ayn Rand