## Metadata - Author: [[Geoff Dyer]] - Full Title: But Beautiful - Category: #books ## Highlights - As a child, when she was mad at her brother, yelling at him for some spiteful thing he’d done, he would say to her, “I know you’re angry, you’re very angry, so whatever you do, don’t spoil it by laughing. Don’t laugh. Whatever you do, do not laugh.” And by that time laughter would be bubbling out of her mouth like soda from a can. ([Location 1995](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KP86AJM&location=1995))