He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.
Raymond ChandlerTags: imagination hyperbole
I'd rather be in prison in California than free anywhere else.
Inez Haynes IrwinTags: hyperbole
The risk is, as ever, that the hyperbole of IPL will simply smother the cricket; perhaps the members of the IPL's cheer squad should stop listening to each other and start listening to themselves.
Gideon HaighTags: hyperbole cricket indian-premier-league
It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.
Lytton StracheyShe took a moment to lament her lack of parasol. Every time she left the house, she felt keenly the absence of her heretofore ubiquitous accessory.
Gail CarrigerTags: fashion fun vocabulary hyperbole articulate
My Hallway" remarked Lord Akeldama,"Has never seen such lively action. And That, my sugarplums, is saying something!
Gail CarrigerI suppose that saves us from having to determine what to do with a butler who goes around killing people. It certainly reflects badly upon our domestic staff. Still, I shall miss him. There was a man who knew how to brew a good cup of tea.
Gail CarrigerTags: satire hyperbole damn-fine-writing
I was shown into a room. A red room. Red wallpaper, red curtains, red carpet. They said it was a sitting-room, but I don’t know why they’d decided to confine its purpose just to sitting. Obviously, sitting was one of the things you could do in a room this size; but you could also stage operas, hold cycling races, and have an absolutely cracking game of frisbee, all at the same time, without having to move any of the furniture.
It could rain in a room this big.
Tags: funny description rooms hyperbole enormous
Turns out that once you kill a god, people want to talk to you. Paranormal insurance salesmen with special "godslayer" term life policies. Charlatan's with "godproof" armor and extraplanar safe houses for rent. But most notably, other gods...
Kevin HearneTags: fantasy good-humor hyperbole
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