#irony

Hey, look, I thought with a miserable laugh, this day just got worse. ↗

— Diana Rowland

#death

I don't want to hurt anyone" Laszlo fiddled with a button on his tux jacket. "Can't we convince the CIA that some of us are peaceful?" "we'll have to try" Angus folded his arms across his broad chest. "And if they doona believe we're peaceful, then we'll have to kill the bastards." Roman frowned, somehow their Highlander logic escaped him. ↗

— Kerrelyn Sparks

#irony #humor

Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be. ↗

— Woody Allen

#interrogation-marks #irony #writing-advice #writing-tips #humor

Aku telah mengidap sakit gila nomor enam belas: yakni penyakit manusia yang membuat dunia sendiri dalam kepalanya, menciptakan masalah-masalahnya sendiri, terpuruk di dalamnya, lalu menyelesaikan masalah-masalah itu, sambil tertawa-tawa, juga sendirian. ↗

— Andrea Hirata

#inspirational #irony #humor

It's the contradiction of life, if I were with them,I would only wish to be far away. Now that I am far away, all I do is wish for one more day surrounded by them ↗

— Laura Fitzgerald

#life

Ein Optimist ist ein Mensch, der ein Dutzend Austern bestellt, in der Hoffnung, sie mit der Perle, die er darin findet, bezahlen zu können. ↗

— Theodor Fontane

#life

Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have to shut up and get on with it. ↗

— M.L. Stedman

#life #lucky #moving-on #unlucky #life

Irony is the hygiene of the mind. ↗

— Elizabeth Bibesco

#irony #mind

Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does. ↗

— Paul Horgan

#differentiates #does #irony #never

Users are a double-edged sword. They can help you improve your language, but they can also deter you from improving. So choose your users carefully, and be slow to grow their number. Having users is like optimization: the wise course is to delay it. ↗

— Paul Graham

#age