Shadow’s Humor

“Suddenly he grinned, but his grin was as dark as a scowl; his eyes sparkled merrily, laughing at the foot of the gallows.” 

** Robert Jordan

Grasping Straws

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

**Aesop

Shadows of Laughter or Frowns?

“Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.”
**Nathaniel Hawthorne