“There are so many beautiful girls around that after a while you start looking for someone who can make you laugh”

“She laughed out loud. It was a very nice laugh. No girl looks beautiful when she’s laughing hard, and girls who worry about looking beautiful don’t do it. Dorotha Keefer looked like a healthy, pretty girl having a good time, which when you come down to it is about the best way for a girl to look.”

Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) American science fiction writer and editor

“Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.”

George Burns (1896–1996) American comedian, actor, and writer

“You walked in, laughing, tears welling confused, mingling in your throat. How can you be so many women to so many people, oh you strange girl?”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

“People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don´t even notice anymore…”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

“Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“You can't stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.”

Jay Leno (1950) American comedian, actor, writer, producer, voice actor and television host

“It's strange though. People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore, do you? It's just the way they look.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

“Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that is a treat.”

Joanne Woodward (1930) Actress, producer

“Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.”

Jerome David Salinger (1919–2010) American writer