“He knew you can't really be strong until you can see a funny side of things.”
Variant: You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.
Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Ken Kesey 103
novelist 1935–2001Related quotes
“You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm.
It's really funny.”
Source: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
Kelsier, Chapter 13
Source: Mistborn: The Final Empire (2006)
“Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.”
“stay as strong as you can and during the times you can't, let other people be strong for you.”
said to a fanbase account on Twitter via Direct Message
“It was funny, though, the things you didn't learn about people until after they died.”
Source: Tantalize
“A woman is like a teabag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
Interview with ABC News, as quoted by Hilary Clinton.
2000s
“You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left.”
Source: The Rose That Grew from Concrete
