Nothingever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the onset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have a malady in the less attractive forms.
Charles DickensTags: optimism skepticism mockery
Maxim 8:
Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
Tags: humour sci-fi mockery rules-to-live-by airlock
He dislikes even to touch these things, for they are the runes of an idiotic but nevertheless potent and evil magic; the magic of the think-machine gods, whose cult has one dogma - we cannot make a mistake.
Christopher IsherwoodWhether that lady's gentle mind,
No longer with the form combined
Which scattered love, as stars do light,
Found sadness where it left delight,
I dare not guess; but in this life
Of error, ignorance, and strife,
Where nothing is, but all things seem,
And we the shadows of the dream,
It is a modest creed, and yet
Pleasant if one considers it,
To own that death itself must be,
Like all the rest, a mockery.
That garden sweet, that lady fair,
And all sweet shapes and odors there,
In truth have never passed away:
'Tis we, 'tis ours, are changed; not they.
For love, and beauty, and delight,
There is no death or change: their might
Exceeds our organs, which endure
No light, being themselves obscure.
(--Conclusion, Autumn - A Dirge)
I have been mocked by beauty, too. But
it was the beauty which cost me nothing
that in the end turned upon me.
Tags: beauty mockery beautiful
My cat mocks me frequently. It's the universe's way of keeping me from getting too big of an ego.
Michelle M. PillowTags: humor fiction mockery author cat michelle-pillow
Ambrose turned on his heel and stormed off, but before he made it through the door, Elodin burst out singing:
‘He's a well-bred ass, you can see it in his stride!
And for a copper penny he will let you take a ride!
Tags: mockery ambrose kvothe elodin jakis
I have led you down a road of deception just to correct you and make you look like an uneducated ass
Ashley NewellTags: deception mockery uneducated paraphrasing
I had never yet done such a thing in life, but now I felt a desire to mock.
("In The Court Of The Dragon")
But all this was beside the point. What scared Amy was the mere fact of what looked inescapably like recreational malevolence. The poem had been written by an adult, not some teen with an unfinished brain. Whoever wrote the line bootlicker, sycophant, toady intended damage, understood how Carla would feel, how anybody would feel, being called such names. The line was playful, offhand, the poem itself a smug, imperious cat stretch. The writer was having fun. Amy had been comfortable in the same room with someone whose idea of fun this was.
Jincy WillettTags: writing cruelty mockery malevolence
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