The deepest wounds aren't the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.

Cracks especially. You have to be careful of the cracks.. Sometimes they are disguised as something else. A doorway, or a smile or even a winking eye. And if you fall through them, you never know were you will end up.

That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.

Oh yes. It's open all right, but not many people come in here to look at me now so there's no point in selling tickets. No one is interested in a man who professes to be a monster. They'll give me notice very soon. I started out being a great attraction, but people soon understood that what fascinated them about me was no more than the reflection of their own deformities. All I do is how them what is inside themselves,' He added mournfully.

Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.

Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression.

Maruman does not loll.