G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse
The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad....
Tag: humor
Jonathan Stroud, The Golem’s Eye
Check out that one at the end. He’s taken the form of a footstool. Weird…but somehow I like his style.””That is a footstool....
D.H. Lawrence, Letters
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.”, November 1913)...
Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
I’m making a listI’m making a list of things I must sayFor politeness,And goodness and kindness and gentlenessSweetness and rightness:HelloPardon meHow are you?Excuse meBless youMay I?Thank youGoodbyeIf you know some that I’ve forgot,Please stick them in you eye!...
Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it,” said Marvin.”And what happened?” pressed...
Rita Mae Brown, Cat on the Scent
When God made man she was practicing....
Jonathan Stroud, The Ring of Solomon
Can you define “plan” as “a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance”? If so, it was a very good plan....
Kelley Armstrong, The Reckoning
I glanced up to see Liz and smiled. “Thank you.” “I just went along for the ride. After that happened-” She waved at Derek. “You know how blind people need Seeing Eye dogs? Well, apparently werewolves could really use Opening Door...
Sherrilyn Kenyon, Invincible
I’m too young, too smart and too good-looking to die....
Lemony Snicket, The Hostile Hospital
Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of “systematically assisting Sisyphus’s stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister,” which is easier done than said....
