Now, nature, as I am only too aware, has her enthusiasts, but on the whole, I am not to be counted among them. To put it bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
Fran LebowitzWhat New England is, is a state of mind, a place where dry humor and perpetual disappointment blend to produce an ironic pessimism that folks from away find most perplexing
Willem LangeTags: humor pessimism new-england disappointment dry-humor perplexing wry
How can we be alive and not wonder about the stories we knit together this place we call the world? Without stories our universe is merely rocks and clouds and lava and blackness. It's a village scraped raw by warm waters leaving not a trace of what existed before.
Douglas CouplandTags: humor apocalyptic dry-humor
No good deed goes unpunished.
Clare Boothe LuceTags: dry-humor
By now, I should have learned that luck, if she was a lady, was a mean-spirited bitch with a grudge against me.
Jaye WellsTags: dry-humor
I have lived as plain Mr. Jinnah and I hope to die as plain Mr. Jinnah. I am very much averse to any title or honours and I will be more than happy if there was no prefix to my name.
Muhammad Ali JinnahThe devolution of American culture takes another great step forward
Michael ChabonTags: dry-humor
His father was an ass and he is an ass. I imagine sooner than I should like I shall be playing uncle to a litter of asses.
T.A. MilesTags: children fantasy wit clever uncle dry-humor
Duncan,we're still in prison," Frederic said dryly. "You're not going to see anything except this cell. Which has spiders, by the way. Have you noticed the spiders?" "Indeed I have: Carmen, Zippy, and Dr. T," Duncan said.
Christopher HealyTags: dry-humor
Think of mental energy as broadcasting on a certain wavelength,” he tried to explain. “People with powers of the mind can tap into that wavelength…”
“That’s all fine and good,” I nodded, “but evidently my transmitter is broken. Or much more likely…I never had one in the first place.”
“Ah, yes,” he nodded unenthusiastically, “and your nose is mounted upside-down.”
“Excuse me?” My forehead creased.
“I do wish you would quit contradicting me,” he let out a tired sigh. “It’s insulting…and highly annoying.
Tags: paranormal-romance dry-humor sarcastic-humor
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