{"quotes":[{"text":"I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of my body in various ways, and the really good ones were stimulating more than one organ. An effective story grabs your gut, tightens your throat, makes your heart race and your lungs pump, brings tears to your eyes or an explosion of laughter to your lips.","author":"Christopher Vogler","tags":["heart","inspiration","laughter","senses","story","writing"],"id":284,"author_id":"Christopher+Vogler"},{"text":"If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.","author":"William Paul Young","tags":["beauty","laughter","love"],"id":305,"author_id":"William+Paul+Young"},{"text":"The F word turns me on, she whispered. The F word?FoodHe threw back his head and laughed. It rumbled up out of his chest and felt so good it startled him. For the first time in years,his laughter was spontaneous. It wasn`t tinged with bitterness and cynicism.","author":"Sandra Brown","tags":["food","humor","laughter","sandra-brown"],"id":495,"author_id":"Sandra+Brown"},{"text":"I hasten to laugh at everything  for fear of being obliged to weep.","author":"Pierre Beaumarchais","tags":["laughter"],"id":634,"author_id":"Pierre+Beaumarchais"},{"text":"Everything was hysterically funny, even the playground slide was smiling at us, and at some point, deep in the night, when we were winging on the jungle gym and showers of sparks were flying out of our mouths, I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe.","author":"Donna Tartt","tags":["acid","laughter","light","tripping"],"id":1972,"author_id":"Donna+Tartt"},{"text":"I don’t remember now who took the photo of us, but I’ve had it in my room for years. We’re leaning out of our windows and we’re laughing at each other with joyfulness purer than anything to do with the polite smiling you get used to doing when you get older. The photo has the kind of proper smiles that happen when you’re looking straight into the face of someone who’s been your best friend for a long time.","author":"Sarah Moore Fitzgerald","tags":["happiness","happy","joy","joyfulness","laughing","laughter","smiling","smiling-face"],"id":2216,"author_id":"Sarah+Moore+Fitzgerald"},{"text":"For joy alone, Carries a fountain of youth.Laughter's music, Will wrinkle smooth.- Poem Fountain of Youth.","author":"Kari L. Greenaway","tags":["joy","laughter","wrinkle-smoother"],"id":3432,"author_id":"Kari+L.+Greenaway"},{"text":"The only real laughter comes from despair.","author":"Groucho Marx","tags":["despair","groucho","laughter","marx"],"id":4245,"author_id":"Groucho+Marx"},{"text":"The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it...Try to fake three laughs in an hour -- ha ha ha ha ha -- they'll take you away, man. You can't.","author":"Lenny Bruce","tags":["art","comedy","laughter"],"id":5322,"author_id":"Lenny+Bruce"},{"text":"I have laughter and amazement, not search results. I have unexpected longings, not hierarchical ratings.","author":"D. Travers Scott","tags":["gay","laughter","longing","queer"],"id":6218,"author_id":"D.+Travers+Scott"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":745,"pages":75,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}