Jim Butcher Quotes

Laughter is the only thing that'll cut trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.

I try to cope with everything through humor.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

Life is tough, and if we don't laugh, we're going to - our head will explode.

When you feel the need to moan and groan, laugh with woeful recognition and eat flaky pastries. If you hear yourself taking the art of complaining a little too seriously, ask yourself what you're trying to accomplish, exactly.

I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.

Without a sense of humor, I would have been gone a long time ago.

Sometimes I yell at my cancer cells, sometimes I make myself laugh.

I think having a sense of humor is just as important a coping mechanism as it is a gift for everyday life.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

There are times for all of us when all the laughter seems to be gone, but we should not permit these periods to last too long. When we've lost our sense of humor, there isn't very much left. We become ridiculous. We must then go to war against the whole world, and that's a war we cannot win.

You have to find a way to laugh a little bit each day despite everything, or your heart will simply run out of the joy that makes it go.

It's good to just smile and go on with your day.

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying." - Prince Kheldar of Drasnia

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

I maintain my sanity by keeping my distance.

I'd go mad if I didn't have things to make me laugh.

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.