Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.
Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.
If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.
I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart.
Gags die, humor doesn't.
Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.