It Warms Your Brain

　　I was not exactly difficult to make human students a mathematics laugh. Indeed, I had never met a sub-category of life form so desperate to laugh - but still, it felt good. For a few brief moments, it even felt slightly more than good.

　　I felt warmth and, I don't know, a kind of forgiveness or acceptance from these students.

　　'But listen,' I said, 'don't worry. Those aliens up there - they don't know what they are missing.'

　　Applause. (When humans really like something they clap their hands together. It makes no sense. But when they do it on behalf of you it warms your brain.)

The Humans, P157-158
Matt Haig
ISBN 978-0-85786-876-3