sarcasm

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
bc484ef	You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.	relationships sarcasm	Laurie R. King
27983d8	"He has got no good red blood in his body," said Sir James. "No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying glass, and it was all semicolons and parentheses," said Mrs. Cadwallader."	humor sarcasm wit	George Eliot
1abe1a2	"Why, you mean you didn't get abducted and dragged across country purely to make us a story for us to chew over endlessly?" asked Pip, tossing his shock of tow-colored hair indignantly. "The nerve!"	humor sarcasm	Mercedes Lackey
27a4d59	"Weapons master is giving me special lessons." she (Amily) chuckled. " He calls then How Not To Get Killed lessons."	sarcasm	Mercedes Lackey
3154912	Once a small planet is discovered, astronomers try to determine which category it belongs to. This is like biologists trying to classify a new animal as either being a mammal or reptile.	astronomy biologists biology sarcasm	Michio Kaku
2105f25	Als guter Affe ist der Mensch ein soziales Wesen, und als wesentliche Norm ethischen Verhaltens zeichnen ihn Vetternwirtschaft, Nepotismus, Schwindel und Klatsch aus.	sarcasm	Carlos Ruiz Zafón
8120779	She'd asked him what it was like to be in there, doing nothing but then being woken up to speak to somebody you couldn't see. He'd said that it was like being woken from a deep and satisfying sleep, to be asked questions while you kept your eyes closed. He was quite happy. Sight was over-rated anyway.	sarcasm	Iain M. Banks
3675558	Goody. That must be why they were looking for a 22-caliber anything when they came by with their search warrant this morning.' 'They didn't!' 'They did.' 'When?' 'Oddly enough, right before I upped my meds.	police sarcasm sarcastic sarcastic-humor search search-warrant	Sandra Balzo
0c13cd9	...und bekanntlich sind wir Manner das verlorene Glied zwischen dem Piraten und dem Schwein.	life-philosophy sarcasm	Carlos Ruiz Zafón
e14f20e	And little girls went to charm schools. Now you've all got degrees from the University of Sarcasm.	girls sarcasm set-in-darkness university women	Ian Rankin
69af6a7	"Gehen Sie nicht gern ins Kino, Fermin?" "Im Vertrauen gesagt, mich lasst diese siebte Kunst vollig kalt. Meiner Meinung nach ist das nichts weiter als Nahrung zur Verdummung der verrohten Plebs, schlimmer als Fussball oder Stierkampfe. Der Cinematograph ist entstanden als eine Erfindung zur Unterhaltung der analphabetischen Massen und funfzig Jahren spater hat sich daran nichts geandert"."	cinema sarcasm	Carlos Ruiz Zafón
69959a7	I started rubbing my temples and she suggested I don't really get headaches. It just hurts me to think.	lol sarcasm	Kelley Armstrong
f8021ab	"They also," [the drone] said, "refuse to acknowledge machine sentience fully; they exploit proto-conscious computers and claim only human subjective experience has any intrinsic value -- carbon fascists."	sarcasm	Iain M. Banks
5a4e829	My dear, I have never been able to finish a Russian novel. They are so tiresome. I think there are thousands of characters, and in the end it turns out there are only four or five. Isn't it maddening just when you begin to recognize a man called Alexandre, he's called Sacha, and then Satchka, and later Sachenka, and suddenly something pretentious like Alexandre Alexandrovitch Bunine, and later simply Alexandre Alexandrovitch. The minute you get your bearings, they throw you off the track again. There's no end to it; each character is a whole family in himself.	sarcasm too-true	Ernesto Sabato
9d51e6b	Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.	elizabeth-wein julie lgbtqia-character queenie sarcasm the-pearl-thief	Elizabeth Wein
ee6619c	Tech made all things possible, and therefore mandatory. Not to mention the fact that carrying around all this smartphone in your purse or pocket had become such a fantastic drag. Cranial implant was so much easier. Now they could be in touch with the hive 24/7 and have their hands free for whatever. Their cars drove them everywhere, too. Also left them free to, you know, do whatever.	modern-life sarcasm science science-fiction-comedy snarky-humor technology	Stanley Bing
55ca2b6	Resilience, thy name is Devine.	sarcasm	Lori Lansens
d537753	Because were were both probationary constables, an experienced PC had been left to supervise us - a responsibility he diligently pursued from an all-night cafe on St. Martin's Close.	sarcasm	Ben Aaronovitch
92e60da	Fog on the sea, fog in the streets, fog in the mind.	friends sarcasm	Anthony Doerr
2bbc981	"What--has O-Tar seen an ulsio and fainted?" demanded I-Gos with broad sarcasm. "Men have died for less than that, ancient one," E-Thas reminded him. "I am safe," retorted I-Gos, "for I am not a brave and popular son of the jeddak of Manator."	courage cowardice retort sarcasm threat	Edgar Rice Burroughs
ad5c1a4	I ken who you are! You're Strathfearn's granddaughter. Julie Stuart, is it? Och, aye, Lady Julia! Well then, Lady Julia, tell me -- who don't you deserve a glass of water?	elizabeth-wein ellen-mcewen frustration indignation lady-julia sarcasm the-pearl-thief upstart	Elizabeth Wein

bc484ef

You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.

relationships sarcasm

Laurie R. King

27983d8

"He has got no good red blood in his body," said Sir James. "No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying glass, and it was all semicolons and parentheses," said Mrs. Cadwallader."

humor sarcasm wit

George Eliot

1abe1a2

"Why, you mean you didn't get abducted and dragged across country purely to make us a story for us to chew over endlessly?" asked Pip, tossing his shock of tow-colored hair indignantly. "The nerve!"

humor sarcasm

Mercedes Lackey

27a4d59

"Weapons master is giving me special lessons." she (Amily) chuckled. " He calls then How Not To Get Killed lessons."

sarcasm

Mercedes Lackey

3154912

Once a small planet is discovered, astronomers try to determine which category it belongs to. This is like biologists trying to classify a new animal as either being a mammal or reptile.

astronomy biologists biology sarcasm

Michio Kaku

2105f25

Als guter Affe ist der Mensch ein soziales Wesen, und als wesentliche Norm ethischen Verhaltens zeichnen ihn Vetternwirtschaft, Nepotismus, Schwindel und Klatsch aus.

sarcasm

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

8120779

She'd asked him what it was like to be in there, doing nothing but then being woken up to speak to somebody you couldn't see. He'd said that it was like being woken from a deep and satisfying sleep, to be asked questions while you kept your eyes closed. He was quite happy. Sight was over-rated anyway.

sarcasm

Iain M. Banks

3675558

Goody. That must be why they were looking for a 22-caliber anything when they came by with their search warrant this morning.' 'They didn't!' 'They did.' 'When?' 'Oddly enough, right before I upped my meds.

police sarcasm sarcastic sarcastic-humor search search-warrant

Sandra Balzo

0c13cd9

...und bekanntlich sind wir Manner das verlorene Glied zwischen dem Piraten und dem Schwein.

life-philosophy sarcasm

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

e14f20e

And little girls went to charm schools. Now you've all got degrees from the University of Sarcasm.

girls sarcasm set-in-darkness university women

Ian Rankin

69af6a7

"Gehen Sie nicht gern ins Kino, Fermin?" "Im Vertrauen gesagt, mich lasst diese siebte Kunst vollig kalt. Meiner Meinung nach ist das nichts weiter als Nahrung zur Verdummung der verrohten Plebs, schlimmer als Fussball oder Stierkampfe. Der Cinematograph ist entstanden als eine Erfindung zur Unterhaltung der analphabetischen Massen und funfzig Jahren spater hat sich daran nichts geandert"."

cinema sarcasm

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

69959a7

I started rubbing my temples and she suggested I don't really get headaches. It just hurts me to think.

lol sarcasm

Kelley Armstrong

f8021ab

"They also," [the drone] said, "refuse to acknowledge machine sentience fully; they exploit proto-conscious computers and claim only human subjective experience has any intrinsic value -- carbon fascists."

sarcasm

Iain M. Banks

5a4e829

My dear, I have never been able to finish a Russian novel. They are so tiresome. I think there are thousands of characters, and in the end it turns out there are only four or five. Isn't it maddening just when you begin to recognize a man called Alexandre, he's called Sacha, and then Satchka, and later Sachenka, and suddenly something pretentious like Alexandre Alexandrovitch Bunine, and later simply Alexandre Alexandrovitch. The minute you get your bearings, they throw you off the track again. There's no end to it; each character is a whole family in himself.

sarcasm too-true

Ernesto Sabato

9d51e6b

Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.

elizabeth-wein julie lgbtqia-character queenie sarcasm the-pearl-thief

Elizabeth Wein

ee6619c

Tech made all things possible, and therefore mandatory. Not to mention the fact that carrying around all this smartphone in your purse or pocket had become such a fantastic drag. Cranial implant was so much easier. Now they could be in touch with the hive 24/7 and have their hands free for whatever. Their cars drove them everywhere, too. Also left them free to, you know, do whatever.

modern-life sarcasm science science-fiction-comedy snarky-humor technology

Stanley Bing

55ca2b6

Resilience, thy name is Devine.

sarcasm

Lori Lansens

d537753

Because were were both probationary constables, an experienced PC had been left to supervise us - a responsibility he diligently pursued from an all-night cafe on St. Martin's Close.

sarcasm

Ben Aaronovitch

92e60da

Fog on the sea, fog in the streets, fog in the mind.

friends sarcasm

Anthony Doerr

2bbc981

"What--has O-Tar seen an ulsio and fainted?" demanded I-Gos with broad sarcasm. "Men have died for less than that, ancient one," E-Thas reminded him. "I am safe," retorted I-Gos, "for I am not a brave and popular son of the jeddak of Manator."

courage cowardice retort sarcasm threat

Edgar Rice Burroughs

ad5c1a4

I ken who you are! You're Strathfearn's granddaughter. Julie Stuart, is it? Och, aye, Lady Julia! Well then, Lady Julia, tell me -- who don't you deserve a glass of water?

elizabeth-wein ellen-mcewen frustration indignation lady-julia sarcasm the-pearl-thief upstart

Elizabeth Wein