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“The principle of laughter and the carnival spirit on which the grotesque is based destroys this limited seriousness and all pretense of an extratemporal meaning and unconditional value of necessity. It frees human consciousness, thought, and imagination for new potentialities. For this reason, great changes, even in the field of science, are always preceded by a certain carnival consciousness that prepares the way.”
― Mikhail Bakhtin

“Despair is the constant companion of the clown.”
― Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus

“The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight yearsโ€“if it ever did endโ€“began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.”
― Stephen King, It

“The clown is a creature of chaos. His appearance is an affront to our sense of dignity, his actions a mockery of our sense of order. The clown (freedom) is always being chased by the policeman (authority). Clowns are funny precisely because their shy hopes lead invariably to brief flings of (exhilarating?) disorder followed by crushing retaliation from the status quo. It delights us to watch a careless clown break taboos; it thrills us vicariously to watch him run wild and free; it reassures us to see him slapped down and order restored. After all, we can condone liberty only up to a point. Consider Jesus as a ragged, nonconforming clown--laughed at, persecuted and despised--playing out the dumb show at his crucifixion against the responsible pretensions of authority.”
― Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction

“Tied to my reading lamp was a single balloon. Filled with helium, it floated in a morning sunray which slanted in through one of the high windows.

On it was a picture of my face, the eyes gone, blood running down from the ragged sockets, a scream distorting the mouth on the balloon's thin and bulging rubber skin.

I looked at it and I screamed.”
― Stephen King, It

“I PAINT MY FACE.
By Omrane Khuder.

Mirror, distorted; I sit, paint my Face,
Toxic white Make-up buries my Scars,
My Eyes tell lies; Dumbfounded Confidence hides the Disgrace.

Place the tragic Vehicle called My Life in to Drive,
Sad pathetic Clown; Late for the suppression show,
Despair another time; Let the chuckles and defeat derive.

I paint my Heart; I hide my True.
I paint my Soul; I keep it from You.

I paint, I cannot accept; To ignore you the way you ignore Me?
I paint my scarred and pitiful Face; No Will left to restore Me.

I paint my Face; itโ€™s all I know to do.
My painted Face shatters the Mirror, yet still all I see is You.”
― Omrane Khuder

“You laugh because what's fearful and unknown is also what's funny, you laugh the way a small child will sometimes laugh and cry at the same time when a capering circus clown approaches, knowing it is supposed to be funny... but it is also unknown, full of the unknown's eternal power.”
― Stephen King, It

“- โ€œWhat kind of funny?โ€� I asked her. โ€œFunny like a clown onstage? Or funny like a clown hanging around the entrance to a bank?โ€�
-โ€œThe bank one.”
― Lemony Snicket, File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents

“Idealists are either blind or clowns; because they think it is possible to have a beautiful world with asshole creatures like humans.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“You can make fun of yourself and people will laugh at you. If youโ€™re smart, youโ€™ll end up as a comedian. If youโ€™re not, youโ€™ll end up as a clown.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“I had gotten hungry for bratwurst and had been walking toward the entrance of one of the four McDonald's franchises in Undisclosed (if you think it's weird getting a bratwurst from a McDonald's, then you're not from the Midwest). I glanced at the cartoon clown logo in the window and let out a scream.

Just a little scream, and a manly one. But I still frightened one little girl on the sidewalk so badly that she screamed, too.”
― David Wong, John Dies at the End

“Never underestimate a clown with a book.”
― Rawi Hage, Carnival

“My circus train pulls through the night
Full of lions and trapeze artists
I'm done with elephants and clowns
I want to run away and join the office”
― Mike Doughty

“If a media is not criticizing the government, then that media is not a media but just a clown of the government!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A clown makes you laugh it doesn't mean he knows how to perform a surgery.”
― kambiz shabankareh, The Last Smile of The Plaster-man

“To Sky, Clown had become something to be understood; something to be dissected and parameterised. Clown, he now recognised, was something like the bubble-drawing the dolphin had made in the water: a projection carved from light rather than sound.”
― Alastair Reynolds, Chasm City

“A red nose is the clown's mask and my moustache is mine.”
― Nuno Roque

“I hate when I break my own rules. Whatโ€™s the point of me being rational if I flail around like a clown?”
― Jesse Ball, How to Set a Fire and Why

“Sometimes It feels like time is an evil clown that we always imagine. It gives you everything you ask for, and when you are about to happily embrace every gift that you have received it snatches away everything laughing and clapping at you, watching you fall on your knees and break into pieces.”
― Akshay Vasu

“PROPAGANDA (PROP-A-GANDER)

An evil grin behind a smiling clown's mask

Kamil Ali”
― Kamil Ali, The Initiates

“Pedras ลพinojo tai, kฤ… ลพino kiekvienas tikras klounas: jog juokas - iลกtikimiausias tragedijos palydovas.”
― Herbjรธrg Wassmo

“ืœื™ืฆืŸ - ืžืฉืจืช,ื”ืคื›ืคืš,ืžืฉืขืฉ,ืœื ืฆืคื•ื™, ืฉืื™ืŸ ืœื—ื–ื•ืช ืžืจืืฉ,ื”ื•ื–ื”, ืœื’ืœื’ื ื™,ืžื’ืŸื—ืš,ืžืฆื—ืง,ืขื“ื™ืŸ,ืžืฉื•ื˜ื˜ ื‘ืœื™ ืกื“ืจ,ื’ืจื•ื˜ืกืงื™.....”
― AAVRAHAM DANA

“ืื“ื ืจืฆื™ื ื™ - ืื“ื ืฉืžืชื‘ื•ื ืŸ, ื—ื•ืงืจ, ืžืกื‘ื™ืจ, ืžื ืกื” ืœื”ื‘ื™ืŸ. ืื“ื ืจืฆื™ื ื™ ืจื•ืฆื” ืœื’ืœื•ืช ืžื” ืžืงื•ืžื• ื‘ื—ื‘ืจื”.....”
― AVRAHAM DANA

“ืœื™ืฆืŸ - ืžืฉืจืช, ื”ืคื›ืคืš, ืžืฉืขืฉืข, ืœื ืฆืคื•ื™,ื”ื•ื–ื” ,ืœื’ืœื’ื ื™, ืžื’ื•ื—ืš, ืžืฆื—ื™ืง, ืขื“ื™ืŸ, ืžืฉื•ื˜ื˜ ื‘ืœื™ ืกื“ืจ, ื’ืจื•ื˜ืกืงื™, ื”ื™ืคืจ ืจื’ื™ืฉ.....”
― AVRAHAM DANA

“ื”ืจื’ืข ื”ืžื•ืคืœื ื”ื–ื” ื’ื ืื ื”ื•ื ื“ื™ืžื™ื•ืŸ, ืคื ื˜ื–ื™ื”, ื›ืžื• ื—ืœื•ื ื‘ืœื™ืœื” ื‘ืฉื™ื ื”...ื™ื—ื‘ืจ ืื•ืชื ื• ื‘ื‘ืช ืื—ืช, ืœืขื‘ืจ, ืœื”ื•ื•ื” ื•ืœืขืชื™ื“...”
― AVRAHAM DANA

“ืืคืฉืจ ืœืืžืจ ืฉืœืœื™ืฆืŸ ื™ืฉ ืืช ืื•ืชื• ื”ืชืคืงื™ื“ ื›ืžื• ืœืฉื—ืงืŸ ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืงื”ืœ !”
― AVRAHAM DANA

“ืžื”ื• ืชืคืงื™ื“ื• ืฉืœ ื”ืœื™ืฆืŸ ? ืšื ืขืจ ืืช ื”ื—ื‘ืจื”, ืœืฉืื•ืœ ืฉืืœื•ืช, ืœื›ื•ื•ืŸ ืœืขื™ืงืจ, ืœื‘ืขื•ื˜ ื‘ื›ืœ ืžื” ืฉืขื•ืžื“ ืื• ืžื’ื•ื“ืจ... ื•ื›ืœ ื–ื” ืชื•ืš ื›ื“ื™ ื”ื ืื” ืŸื”ื•ืžื•ืจ.”
― AVRAHAM DANA

“ื”ืชื™ืื˜ืจื•ืŸ ืžืฉื•ืœ ืœืฆืžืขื‘ื“ื”, ืฉื ื•ืฉื ื”ืžื—ืงืจ ืฉืœื” ื”ื•ื ื”ืื“ื....”
― AVRAHAM DANA

“ืžื•ืœ ื”ืœื™ืฆืŸ ื”ืื“ื ืžืฉืชื—ืจืจ ืžื›ื‘ืœื™ื, ืžื—ืฉื‘ื•ืช, ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ื•ื”ืชื ื”ื“ื•ืช ื”ื›ืคื•ืคื™ื ืœืžื’ื‘ืœื•ืช ื”ืกื“ืจ ื”ืžืงื•ื‘ืœ.”
― AVRAHAM DANA

“Io sono un mimo, Zarmo, mi assumo il rischio. Tutti noi rischiamo in prima persona, nei nostri numeri. I trapezisti, gli acrobati, i domatori rischiano la loro vita. Noi rischiamo di fallire: di non far ridere o sorprendere o divertire il nostro pubblico. Puรฒ venirci un infarto sulla scena, per la paura, ci possiamo dimenticare quello che dobbiamo fare. Ma la nostra emozione รจ la stessa di chi assiste allo spettacolo. Respiriamo tutti la stessa vita, nello stesso momento.”
― Fabio Stassi, L'ultimo ballo di Charlot