You can compel love, actually, if somebody is isolated and dependent - it's like the Stockholm syndrome. But you can't compel laughter. It happens when two things come together and make a third unexpectedly. (Gloria Steinem)

You can compel love, actually, if somebody is isolated and dependent - it's like the Stockholm syndrome. But you can't compel laughter. It happens when two things come together and make a third unexpectedly.

Gloria Steinem

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