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“Like it say in the good book, what goes around comes around". "What good book is that?" Charlene asked. "Guns and Ammo?”

Book:The Trees

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The Trees

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“The three young men nodded; Bloeckman looked casually about him, his eyes resting critically on the ceiling and then passing lower. His expression combined that of a Middle-Western farmer appraising his wheat-crop and that of an actor wondering whether he is observed - the public manner of all good Americans.”

Humour Satire American Culture

Book:The Beautiful and Damned

Source: The Beautiful and Damned

“I’m Nicodemus Nightshade,” he said, dipping into a bow. “Is that your real name?” “Nicodemus is, from what I remember. Nightshade I chose because… well.” He did a twirl. “What else was I going to be? Doesn’t it make me sound intimidating?” “You just did a twirl.” “An *intimidating* twirl.”

Humor Funny Humour Villain Banter A Sword S Promise

Book:A Shadow's Vow

Source: A Shadow's Vow

“People never remember happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.”

Happiness Suffering

Author:Edward St. Aubyn

“Do you think that Mr Pitt really cares whether we have Louis executed?’ ‘Personally? Oh no, no one gives a damn for Louis. But they think it is a bad precedent to cut off monarch’s heads.’ ‘It was the English who set the precedent.’ ‘They try to forget that.”

Humour French Revolution

Book:A Place of Greater Safety

Source: A Place of Greater Safety

“Emma has been meaning to read more ever since she was twelve years old. I have seen a great many lists of her drawing up at various times of books that she meant to read regularly through - and very good lists they were - very well chosen, and very neatly arranged - sometimes alphabetically, and sometimes by some other rule. The list she drew up when only fourteen - I remember thinking it did her judgment so much credit, that I preserved it some time; and I dare say she may have made out a very good list now. But I have done with expecting any course of steady reading from Emma. She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.”

Funny Humour Readers Reading Quotes Reading Habits

Book:Emma

Source: Emma

“You’re making it very difficult for me to trust you to not get yourself killed,” she informs him. “That seems unfair. In all the time you’ve known me, I have never died. I’ve got a great track record”

Humour

Book:Small Gods of Calamity

Source: Small Gods of Calamity

“Well, I cannot understand it." "That is the case with us all, papa. One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”

Humour Jane Austen

Book:Emma

Source: Emma

“Les Bienveillantes, c'est « Houellebecq chez les nazis », tous simplement.”

Humour

Book:HHhH

Source: HHhH

“The stupidest time to try and change a man’s eating habits is when he is eating. The second most deadly occasion is when he discovers that a beloved article of clothing has unexplainably become too tight around the stomach.”

Fantasy Humour Food History

Book:Body Traitor's History

Source: Body Traitor's History

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