Jokes can be noble. Laughs are exactly as honorable as tears. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion, to the futility of thinking and striving anymore. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward — and since I can start thinking and striving again that much sooner.
Quote by Kurt Vonnegut, american novelist died in April 11, 2007.
Image under Public Domain from photo of Kurt Vonnegut from an appearance on WNET-TV