"Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults."

Hoffer, Eric | Adolescence | 2 bookmarks

"I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox."

Allen, Woody | Love | 14 bookmarks

"Love is a great beautifier."

Alcott, Louisa May | Love | 10 bookmarks

"Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is."

Ackerman, Diane | Love | 10 bookmarks

"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance."

Maugham, W. Somerset | Laughter | 1 bookmarks

"If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane."

Buffett, Jimmy | Laughter | 3 bookmarks

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."

Borge, Victor | Laughter | 11 bookmarks

"The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh."

Bodett, Tom | Laughter | 6 bookmarks

"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."

Barth, Karl | Laughter | 8 bookmarks

"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person."

Anderson, Margaret | Love | 28 bookmarks