{
  "type": "quote",
  "site": {
    "name": "Leafy Quotes",
    "language": "en",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com"
  },
  "formats": "Every page has two versions with the same data: JSON (the page address + .json) and markdown (the page address + .md). Append .json or .md to any `url` in this document.",
  "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie/haroun-and-the-sea-of-stories/needs-a-funny",
  "json": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie/haroun-and-the-sea-of-stories/needs-a-funny.json",
  "markdown": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie/haroun-and-the-sea-of-stories/needs-a-funny.md",
  "id": "623f9e38-35a4-456c-a4f3-9fc35482c72a",
  "slug": "needs-a-funny",
  "text": "Need's a funny fish; it makes people untruthful. They all suffer from it, but they won't always admit.",
  "language": "en",
  "author": {
    "name": "Salman Rushdie",
    "slug": "salman-rushdie",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie"
  },
  "book": {
    "title": "Haroun and the Sea of Stories",
    "slug": "haroun-and-the-sea-of-stories",
    "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie/haroun-and-the-sea-of-stories"
  },
  "character": null,
  "chapter": null,
  "chapter_parent": null,
  "page": null,
  "verified": false,
  "original": null,
  "other_languages": [],
  "topics": [
    {
      "name": "lies",
      "slug": "lies",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/lies"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "name": "Wikiquote",
    "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Haroun_and_the_Sea_of_Stories",
    "license": {
      "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
    }
  },
  "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:46:20",
  "more_from_book": [
    {
      "id": "e9d6a6b1-79b4-475d-98cc-a9696caffb61",
      "slug": "happy-ending-must",
      "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/salman-rushdie/haroun-and-the-sea-of-stories/happy-ending-must",
      "text": "Happy ending must come at the end of something. If they happen in the middle of the story or adventure, or the like, all they do is cheer things up for a while.",
      "language": "en",
      "character": null,
      "chapter": null,
      "chapter_parent": null,
      "page": null,
      "verified": false,
      "original": null,
      "other_languages": [],
      "topics": [
        {
          "name": "happiness",
          "slug": "happiness",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/happiness"
        },
        {
          "name": "literature",
          "slug": "literature",
          "url": "https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/literature"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "name": "Wikiquote",
        "url": "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Haroun_and_the_Sea_of_Stories",
        "license": {
          "label": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
        }
      },
      "added_at": "2026-09-25T22:46:20"
    }
  ]
}