If you can't laugh when things go bad--laugh and put on a little carni…

Stephen King
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If you can't laugh when things go bad--laugh and put on a little carnival--then you're either dead or wishing you were. ✨ Stephen King (2013). Under the Dome: A Novel, p.205, Simon and Schuster
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If you can't laugh when things go bad--laugh and put on a little carnival--then you're either dead or wishing you were. ✨ Stephen King (2013). Under the Dome: A Novel, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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