"Not Without Laughter" Quotes
A young African-American boy navigates the complexities of family, race, and identity in 1930s Kansas.
fiction | 299 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I didn't tell nobody I was going to be a poet, 'cause I knew they wouldn't understand.
I'm goin' to write poetry. That's what I'm goin' to do when I grow up.
If you want to laugh, you got to learn to smile first.
I'm goin' to write me a funny one, and I bet it'll be good, too.
I want to be a poet, too, Grandma.
Poetry's the most important thing in the world.
I like to make folks laugh, and that's why I'm goin' to be a poet and write funny poems.
I always wanted to be a poet, too. But I guess I ain't smart enough.
You got to laugh sometimes, 'cause the world ain't a funny place. If you don't laugh, you'll go crazy.
I want to make folks laugh, 'cause we need to laugh. We need it bad.





