#humorous

There were, however, a few exceptions. One was Norma Dodsworth, the poet, who had not unpleasantly drunk but had been sensible enough to pass out before any violent action proved necessary. He had been deposited, not very gently, on the lawn, where it was hoped that a hyena would give him a rude awakening. For all practical purposes he could, therefore, be regarded as absent. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#drink #drunk #funny #humorous #funny

He would not object, he said, to accepting a post as a librarian. But as Cecilia was unable to imagine that her father or her brother would feel any marked degree of satisfaction in giving her in marriage to a librarian, this very handsome concession on Mr Fawnhope's part merely added to her despondency. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#librarians #imagination

He will work off his crudities in time. I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#life #men #men

God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#ugly-men #men

You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth. ↗

— Sabrina Jeffries

#men

He’s an even-tempered stallion. What he lacks in stamina he makes up for in speed, kind of like most of the men I’ve slept with. ↗

— Lila Shaw

#naughty-humor #men

ELVIS & MARILYN: The deader they get - the more money they make. ↗

— Chocolate Waters

#humorous #money

He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#music #music

I observe that there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is rather more to my taste than Italian or French. It is introspective, and I want to introspect. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#sherlock-holmes #music

Eventually I would like to touch all the genres. I would like to do some detective stories, and I want to do a Western. I would want to do humorous Westerns. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

#detective stories #eventually #genres #humorous #i