"Something is funny, most of all, because it's……" — Steve Almond
"Something is funny, most of all, because it's true, and because the velocity of insight into this truth exceeds our normal standards. Something is funny because it's outside our accepted boundary of decorum. Something is funny because it defies our expectations. Something is funny because it offers a temporary reprieve from the hardship of seeing the world as it actually is. Something is funny because it is able to suggest gently that even the worst of our circumstances and sins is subject to eventual mercy."
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26 Quotes by Steve Almond
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Nothing on Earth is so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.
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Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman…
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Most forms of rage, after all, are only sloppy cloaks for grief.
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It is certainly true that cooking is therapeutic, creative and all those other faintly creepy self-helpish words. I would love…
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All language is an aspiration to music.
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To look at the work of your peers, and learn how to explain with kindness and precision, the nature of…
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Why are people so fascinated by how to eat Valomilks?’ She said, ‘Well, Dad, they’re round and they’re messy. But…
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Our lazy embrace of Stewart and Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to…
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We are all, in the private kingdom of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend. Someone…
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