Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
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Kurt Vonnegut Quote
“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
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