Kristy

“He was the class clown, the court jester, because he'd learn early that if you cracked jokes and pretended you weren't scared, you usually didn't get beat up. Even the baddest gangster kids would tolerate you, keep you around for laughs. Plus, humor was a good way to hide the pain”
― Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero

“Iris dodges the question artfully. "I won't ever make the mistake of trying to put myself in his head. That is not a place any sane person should be." Then she laughs to herself. "I assume his mother spent a good amount of time there.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage