#paraphrase

Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest. ↗

— Anne Rice

#paraphrased #devil

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#gentlemen #paraphrased #universal-truths #envy

Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#paraphrased #charity

The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much. ↗

— A. J. Jacobs

#eat #foods #mostly #much #paraphrase

How do you know if a demon is lying? His lips are moving. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#insult #paraphrased #insult

What's in a name, anyway? That which we call a nose by any other name would still smell. ↗

— Reduced Shakespeare Company

#paraphrased #romeo-and-juliet #shakespeare #humor

What doesn't kill us makes us funnier. ↗

— Marian Keyes

#paraphrased #stories #humor

So many things to see, people to do. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#paraphrased #humor

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little ↗

— Shannon Hale

#romantic-humor #humor

We didn't land on plymouth rock, Plymouth rock landed on us". ↗

— Malcolm X

#cole-porter #paraphrased #song-lyrics #song-lyrics