“Laugh now, cry later.”— Erma Bombeck Related Quotes “Getting sober is a radically creative act.”— Meredith Bell “Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.”— Tacitus “Maybe all Americans who suffer from melancholy act as if they have gone mad. But I truly thought he might throw himself in the river, and I don’t want his ghost visiting to keep telling me he’s sorry.”— Amy Tan