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June: halfway towards the reiteration of a delusion. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #new-years-resolution #funny

I'M SCOTTISH! ↗

— Elizabeth Wein

#english #funny #humor #scottish #funny

Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs. Armstrong's mother, the detective methods of Mr. Hardman, the suggestion of Mr. MacQueen that Ratchett himself destroyed the charred note we found, Princess Dragomiroff's Christian name, and a grease spot on a Hungarian passport. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#humor #mystery #humor

So this is where you grew up. Did you like it here? I guess you couldn't have, if you wanted to leave.' CHRISTINA 'I liked some things and hated some things. And there were some things I didn't know I had until I lost them.' TRIS ↗

— Veronica Roth

#life #tris #life

Just curious how much I'm going for these days," Leo said. "I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe...but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor

Si al final mis problemas no eran solubles, cuando menos serían adulterables. ↗

— Xavier Velasco

#humor #problems #humor

Then I said something. I said, Suppose, just suppose, nothing had ever happened. Suppose this was for the first time. Just suppose. It doesn't hurt to suppose. Say none of the other had ever happened. You know what I mean? Then what? I said. ↗

— Raymond Carver

#life #suppose #life

Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us, most of the time, have a low tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty. We want to reduce the cognitive dissonance of not knowing by filling the gaps with answers. Traditionally, religious myths have served that role, but today — the age of science — science fiction is our mythology. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#science #science-fiction #age

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Instant rice takes five minutes, instant pudding in an hour. ↗

— John Green

#philosophical #realization #humor

I believe there is a considerable range in the bang of most guns. ↗

— Gail Carriger

#humor #humor