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You remember having friends who used to lampoon the world so effortlessly, crouching at the verge of every joke and waiting to pounce on it, and you remember how they changed as they grew older and the joy of questioning everything slowly became transformed into the pain of questioning everything, like a star consuming its own core.
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humor
joking
questions
wit
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Kevin Brockmeier |
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Mahlke couldn't joke. He sometimes tried. But everything he did, touched or said, became solemn, significant, monumental;
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joking
seriousness
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Günter Grass |
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Is this some exercise in keeping a straight face?
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joking
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Neal Stephenson |
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I flicked an eraser at him. He ducked it and threw me a grin. While I was getting my Changes under control, we'd decided I should try once a week. While Simon was joking about house-breaking, that's kind of what it was like--take me outside regularly, where I'd attempt to perform a bodily function, and hopefully train my body to do it on a schedule. So far, I felt like a month-old puppy, struggling to control my bladder before it was ready to be controlled.
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house-breaking
derek
joking
simon
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Kelley Armstrong |