#irony

My aunt and overprivileged cousin only recognize two states of being: glitter and grunge. And if you weren’t glitter, well, that only left one other option. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#irony-of-life #life

Sometimes, the embers are better then the campfire. It's strange, but it's true. ↗

— Stephen King

#irony #life #life

You can put anything into words, except your own life ↗

— Max Frisch

#meaning #life

That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself. ↗

— Nick Hornby

#irony #life #mothers #people #life

I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis) ↗

— Timothy Egan

#life

She upset Billy simply by being his mother. She made him feel embarrased and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn't really like life at all. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#irony #life #life

They only asked for punishments that fitted their crimes. Not ones that came like cupboards with built-in bedrooms. Not ones you spent your whole life in, wandering through its maze of shelves. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#irony #justice #punishment #life

I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#life #paradox #life

To say "He was a young fool, and now he's an old fool" is to make a distinction without a difference. ↗

— Gary Inbinder

#philosophy-of-life #life

How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#irony #questions #love