sarcasm

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
851309b	Entertaining females with accounts of jug-bitten maunderings is one of my favourite pastimes.	sarcasm	Georgette Heyer
20f0071	The speed felt tremendous. And the bottom of the ravine was treacherous. She ought to control her mount somehow - slow it; steer it to safer footing. Of course. And while she was at it, she ought to defeat the Alend Monarch's army, take care of Master Gilbur and the arch-Imager Vagel, and produce peace on earth. While composing great music with her free hand. Instead of doing all that, however, she concentrated with a pure white intensity that resembled terror on simply staying in the saddle	irony reality sarcasm	Stephen R. Donaldson
b157c1f	So even though his involvement with the goblin uprising during his fourteenth year was to be traumatic, terrifying, and dangerous; it was probably the best thing that could have happened. At least he spent some time outdoors and got to meet some new people. It's a pity most of them were trying to kill him.	sarcasm	Eoin Colfer
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 wit sarcasm	George Eliot
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
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.	too-true sarcasm	Ernesto Sabato
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.	science science-fiction-comedy snarky-humor modern-life technology sarcasm	Stanley Bing
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.	search-warrant search sarcastic-humor sarcastic sarcasm police	Sandra Balzo
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
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
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
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 retort cowardice threat sarcasm	Edgar Rice Burroughs
9d51e6b	Och, they suit you, Queenie! Promise me you'll wear them.	lgbtqia-character queenie elizabeth-wein the-pearl-thief julie sarcasm	Elizabeth Wein
0c13cd9	...und bekanntlich sind wir Manner das verlorene Glied zwischen dem Piraten und dem Schwein.	life-philosophy sarcasm	Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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
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
e14f20e	And little girls went to charm schools. Now you've all got degrees from the University of Sarcasm.	women set-in-darkness girls sarcasm university	Ian Rankin
92e60da	Fog on the sea, fog in the streets, fog in the mind.	friends sarcasm	Anthony Doerr
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
55ca2b6	Resilience, thy name is Devine.	sarcasm	Lori Lansens
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?	lady-julia upstart elizabeth-wein ellen-mcewen the-pearl-thief indignation frustration sarcasm	Elizabeth Wein

Entertaining females with accounts of jug-bitten maunderings is one of my favourite pastimes.

Georgette Heyer

20f0071

The speed felt tremendous. And the bottom of the ravine was treacherous. She ought to control her mount somehow - slow it; steer it to safer footing. Of course. And while she was at it, she ought to defeat the Alend Monarch's army, take care of Master Gilbur and the arch-Imager Vagel, and produce peace on earth. While composing great music with her free hand. Instead of doing all that, however, she concentrated with a pure white intensity that resembled terror on simply staying in the saddle

irony reality sarcasm

Stephen R. Donaldson

b157c1f

So even though his involvement with the goblin uprising during his fourteenth year was to be traumatic, terrifying, and dangerous; it was probably the best thing that could have happened. At least he spent some time outdoors and got to meet some new people. It's a pity most of them were trying to kill him.

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Eoin Colfer

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 wit sarcasm

George Eliot

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.

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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.

too-true sarcasm

Ernesto Sabato

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.

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

Stanley Bing

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.

search-warrant search sarcastic-humor sarcastic sarcasm police

Sandra Balzo

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

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

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

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 retort cowardice threat sarcasm

Edgar Rice Burroughs

9d51e6b

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

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

Elizabeth Wein

0c13cd9

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

life-philosophy sarcasm

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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

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

e14f20e

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

women set-in-darkness girls sarcasm university

Ian Rankin

92e60da

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

friends sarcasm

Anthony Doerr

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

55ca2b6

Resilience, thy name is Devine.

sarcasm

Lori Lansens

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?

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

Elizabeth Wein