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You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
— Stephen King
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An editorial interpretation.
Laughter is pictured as a guest who doesn't ask permission. Once it arrives, it settles into your favourite chair and makes itself at home, and you can't push it out. Trying to hold back a laugh is pointless.
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