“Humor is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more directly than we’re used to.”
More from George Saunders
“It’s a big world, and I really like it.”
“…smile first, then speak.”
“All were in sorrow, or had been, or soon would be. It was the nature of things. Though on…”
“His mind was freshly inclined towards sorrow; toward the fact that the world was full of…”