#cas

Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#humor #lack-of-feeling #love #lovelessness #marriage

Jace snorted so loudly that she turned on him with a frown. He wiggled his mud-caked fingers at her. His nails were black crescents. "Filthy inside and out. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-ashes #humor #jace #mortal-instruments #humor

If we are going to the Silent City, you might want to get dressed. I mean, I appreciate the bra-and-panties look, but I don't know if the Silent Brothers will. There are only a few of them left, and I don't want them to die of excitement. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #humor #jace #humor

Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians told her, the only copies existed in Paris. "Yeah, here's a rare grocery list," Dan muttered. "Wow. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#cahill #humor #rare #sarcasm #humor

Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them? ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#sarcasm #humor

Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. - Jace ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-ashes #fat #humor #jace #mortal-instruments

I love you," he murmured. "That means I'm not just here for the pretty parts. I'm here no matter what. ↗

— Claudia Gray (Hourglass)

#love #lucas-ross #love

Our tragedy is that we forget it might be someone else first. ↗

— Holly Black

#distopian #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-fiction

You his brother?' 'Yes, damn it!' I burst out. "And all I want is to get my hands on whoever did this to him!' 'Funny,' said a dick dryly, 'but so do we.' I didn't like him much after that. Sarcasm is out of place when a man has just been brought face to face with personal tragedy. ("Walls That Hear You") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#tragedy #funny

I don't know about your true form, but the weight of your ego sure is pushing the crust of the earth toward the breaking point. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#ferro #harry-dresden #humor #sarcasm #humor