“A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.”
Source: A Ring of Endless Light
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American writer 1918–2007Related quotes
“I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
Variant: I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.
Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“you mourn, you hurt and you start to heal.”
Rachel Hawthorne (1950) American author
Source: A Year In Europe
“Once you start laughing, you start healing.”
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
Louis Zamperini (1917–2014) Italian-American middle distance runner
Variant: I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's healing, actually, it's real healing...
Forgiveness.
“When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed.”
Jane Fonda (1937) American actress and activist
“I got hurt on company time, so I’ll heal on company time.”
Shaquille O'Neal (1972) American basketball player
[Mark, Ventre, It looks like Shaq's reshuffling Heat house, December 12, 2005, http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/10439131/, NBCSports.com]
O'Neal explaining his decision to not have surgery during his off-season and instead postpoing it until the beginning of the next season.
“I truly believe that while love can hurt, love can also heal…”
Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven
Source: Safe Haven
“This might hurt a little is universal code for this will definitely hurt a lot”
Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books
Source: The Last Guardian