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“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”

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“Hey, Carrots," he says.”

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Book:Unearthly

Source: Unearthly

“Kaz reached into his coat pocket. "Here," he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover. "Are we going to read to each other?" "Just flip it open to the back." Jesper opened the book and peered at the last page, puzzled. "So?" "Hold it up so we don't have to look at your ugly face." "My face has character. Besides - oh!" "An excellent read, isn't it?" "Who knew I had a taste for literature?”

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Book:Six of Crows

Source: Six of Crows

“I personally believe we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.”

Language Humour Complaining

Book:The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Source: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

“It sometimes takes a state of solitude to bring to mind the real power of companionship.”

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Author:Stephen Richards

“The the glow become brighter: a holographic golden sickle with a few sheaves of wheat, rotating just above Meg McCaffrey. A boy in the crowd gasped. 'She's a communist!' A girl who'd been sitting at Cabin Four's table gave him a disgusted sneer. 'No, Damien, that's my mom's symbol.”

Book:The Hidden Oracle

Source: The Hidden Oracle

“It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button.”

Technology Humour Sociology

Book:Stand on Zanzibar

Source: Stand on Zanzibar

“Kaede: I know this, ungrateful dog. In order to find the sacred jewel shards, Kagome's spirtual power is essential. Yet ye made her upset with your words an sent her running home InuYasha: That was her idea! she chose to go home! She said: "I'm going home! You jerk!" Kaede: InuYasha, that imitation was pathetic. InuYasha: I'm a demon, not a comedian!”

Humour Manga Inuyasha Kagome Kaede

Author:Rumiko Takahashi

“Oh shit did you just dis the feminine gender I'll pummel your ass then stick you in a blender You think I like Tori and Ani so I can't rhyme But I got flow like Ghostbusters got slime Objectify women and it's fuckin' on You'll be dead and gone like ancient Babylon.”

Book:Looking for Alaska

Source: Looking for Alaska

“Snyder: There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense." Giles: Well, actually, that would be one of the five.”

Author:Mutant Enemy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

“The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them.”

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Book:The Silkworm

Source: The Silkworm