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Quote by Joe Dunthorne

“...I want to grab her collarbones as if they were handlebars.”

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Joe Dunthorne is a British novelist born in 1982. His works are acclaimed for their unique narrative style and profound insights into contemporary social issues. more

“A Paradox, the doughnut hole. Empty space, once, but now they've learned to market even that. A minus quantity; nothing, rendered edible. I wondered if they might be used-metaphorically, of course-to demonstrate the existence of God. Does naming a sphere of nothingness transmute it into being?”

Ifs Doe Might Used Courses Space Existence Food Empty Holes Paradox Spheres Quantity Nothingness Empty Space Minus Existence Of God Doughnut

Book:The Blind Assassin: A Novel

Source: The Blind Assassin: A Novel

“Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?”

Humor Funny Humorous Witty Restaurants Smoking Sarcastic Swimming Pool Sections Swimming Pool

Author:George Carlin

“I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.”

Sweet Insult Engagement Decline Invitations Owing

Author:Oscar Wilde

“God, children know something they can't tell; they like Red Riding Hood and the wolf in bed!”

Knows Children Bed Red Riding Hood Child Of God Red Riding Hood

Book:Nightwood

Source: Nightwood

“The great majority of us are required to live a constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected by it if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what bring brings you nothing but misfortune. Our nervous system isn’t just a fiction, it’s part of our physical body, and our soul exists in space and is inside us, like teeth in our mouth. It can’t be forever violated with impunity.”

“How delightful to find a friend in everyone.”

People Friendship Friends Findings Delight Delightful Friendship Day

Author:Joseph Brodsky

“And the kittykats would have to erect scaffolding and a pulley to get him down. Mind you, I wouldn't put that past them. Sometimes when they are behind the sofa supposedly purring, I think they are drilling.”

Thinking Mind Sometimes Past Behinds Sofas Drilling Purring Scaffolding Pulleys

Author:Louise Rennison

“What shall I say? I must tread a fine line between glaciosity and friendlinosity. With just a hint of 'you don't know what you are missing, my fine-feathered friend.”

Knows Lines Missing Fine Hints Fine Lines

Author:Louise Rennison

“Twice – Once too often.”

Author:Ambrose Bierce

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