#humor

It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can't watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor's tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health. ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#humanity #humor #nature #humor

As I've already mentioned, 1984 and I were getting on famously. A no-frills setup, run without sentiment, snobbery or cultural favouritism, Airstrip One seemed like my kind of town. (I saw myself as an idealistic young corporal in the Thought Police.) ↗

— Martin Amis

#money

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand. ↗

— R.J. Palacio

#truth #humor

He smiled. "How kind of you to confirm what I already know. Perhaps next you will introduce me to myself. I hear I am quite popular. ↗

— Meredith Duran

#meredith-duran #romance #humor

Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#humor #literature #reading #humor

My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband. -Penelope Featherington ↗

— Julia Quinn

#julia-quinn #marriage #humor

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.) ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#humor #humor

I didn’t fire my gun. I gave it a promotion. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#dangerous #fire #firearm #gun #guns

Neither torch nor dagger," Annabeth said firmly. "There is a third test, which I will pass." "A third test?" the pater demanded. "Mithras was born from rock," Annabeth said, hoping she was right. "He emerged fully grown from the stone, holding his dagger and torch." The screaming and wailing told her she had guessed correctly. "The big mother knows all!" a ghost cried. "That is our most closely guarded secret!" Then maybe you shouldn't put a statue of it on your altar, Annabeth thought. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor

My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#humour #lying #salvation #humor