Site uses cookies to provide basic functionality.

OK
1 ▲ ▼
Link Quote Stars Tags Author
1eaa19e Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive? andrew beautiful clements inspirational ironic life oxemoron paradox wisdom Andrew Clements
9173706 "What is your advice to young writers?" "Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes." alcohol authors bukowski cigarettes drink funny humor ironic irony sarcasm sex smoke writers writing writing-process Charles Bukowski
83cbb5b People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people. humor humorous ironic irony Terry Pratchett
b7d54f3 Morale was deteriorating and it was all Yossarian's fault. The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. ironic rights war wwii yossarian Joseph Heller
ce15137 And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done-- done, see you!-- under that sky there, every day. dark defarge inspirational ironic angry Charles Dickens
4b9f87e sometimes when everything seems at its worst when all conspires and gnaws and the hours, days, weeks years seem wasted - stretched there upon my bed in the dark looking upward at the ceiling i get what many will consider an obnoxious thought: it's still nice to be Bukowski. ego funny ironic irony obnoxious poem poetry Charles Bukowski
54e5559 "-"He loved her...It was noble of him. It was beautiful." -"It was stupid." -- comedy comical funny humor humorous ironic satire sharp witty Lloyd Alexander
df377ff Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh? humor ironic orik page-207 random Christopher Paolini
3a081c4 We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally. a-song-of-ice-and-fire arya feast funny george-r-r-martin ironic joffrey prince sansa winterfell George R.R. Martin
c0e3c77 (About sweeping).... What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends. humorous ironic irony laughable Terry Pratchett
829246d I didn't know if his art was helping. But Moses's pictures were like that, glorious and terrible. Glorious because they brought memory to life, terrible for the same reason. Time softens memories, sanding down the rough edges of death. But Moses's pictures dripped with life and reminded us of our loss. death ironic raw talent truth Amy Harmon
47ccbda Fate has a twisted sense of humor. humor ironic Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
c151b49 Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death. humor humorous-quotations ironic irony Terry Pratchett
efe1690 They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand cocked his head and said, 'Ahh! Iconoclast. Disdains the easy, symbolic patriotism.' And when I tried to laugh it off and said, well, I didn't like cherry cobbler either, Marybeth touched Rand's arm: 'Because of the divorce. All those comfort foods, the desserts a family eats together, those are just bad memories for Nick.' It was silly but incredibly sweet, these people spending so much energy trying to figure me out. The answer: I don't like cherries. broken-home cherry-pie childhood childhood-memories divorce funny iconoclast ironic irony logic memories over-thinking patriotism psychologist psychology simplicity symbolism the-mind thoughts Gillian Flynn
5a8065e "A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise!" he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face." - Rhett Butler" ironic Margaret Mitchell
36a4ea3 How ironic it would be, to die at his hands while trying to save him, when he first came to me because he was trying to save me. dying ella-shepard ironic saving Beth Revis
6afefed [...] and I switched to English literature, where so many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers in tweeds. ironic true Vladimir Nabokov
69b5d90 He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a lack of affluence that might, literally, affect my purchase of rare vintages, and a figure of speech intended delicately to convey his own dire want for the bare necessities of life. He remained silent for several seconds, as if trying to make up his mind whether he could ever bring himself to speak to me again; and then said gruffly: 'I've got to go now. ironic verbosity wry Anthony Powell
f2a5003 "A Kenyan man once said to me, 'You can get used to anything when money's involved.' He used to stick mice up his ass for twenty bucks at a time." -Spider Jerusalem" -- ironic Warren Ellis
09a7fd3 Myrna was not astigmatic; the lenses were clear glass; she wore the glasses to prove her dedication and intensity of purpose. hipsters humor ironic John Kennedy Toole
4466768 Gano muchisima pasta. Tengo que ganar muchisima pasta para untar a los tipos a los que tengo que untar para ganar muchisima pasta y untar asi a los tipos que tengo que untar. ironic Raymond Chandler
69bed12 George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am. bittersweet bittersweet-endings echo illusion ironic ironic-echo Edward Albee
1 ▲ ▼