#humour

It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#emotionally #everybody #fantasy #humour #i

Life would be a great deal easier if dead things had the decency to remain dead. ↗

— Doug MacLeod

#humour #random #sinister #funny

He needed to gather her up, hold on to her, anything to help her stop trembling. Something was going to shake loose if she didn’t. ↗

— Tara Janzen

#humour #romance #romantic-suspense #funny

Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day? ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#funny #humour #lotr #pippin #poetry

But I think our humour is exactly the same today. Only, we've made rules now. We've said we are not going to do prosthetic make-up scenes, because when they take it off half your face comes off. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

#comes #exactly #face #going #half

While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour. ↗

— Yahoo Serious

#eyes #great #humour #sense #show

When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#applauded #decision #first #heartily #humour

There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#humour #temper #funny

I guess I like things that take time and attention. More worthwhile that way. ↗

— Huntley Fitzpatrick

#humour #romance #young-adult #young-adult-romance #funny

Need to get to Ruislip by sparrow-fart though', said the squadron leader. 'Think you can do that? Can I come along for the ride? ↗

— Robert Rankin

#ridiculous #science-fiction #science