No other foreskin could have caused such trouble.

Peter Manseau

Tags: funny odd oddity relic



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I was heading for the city in the south, of which they used to say in our village:
‘There are people for you! Just think—they never go to sleep!’
‘And why don’t they?’
‘Because they’re fools.’
‘Don’t fools get tired, then?’
‘How could fools get tired?

Franz Kafka

Tags: odd



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In those moments it's hard to remember that an angry voice is an invisible thing incapable of drawing blood.

Amanda Howells

Tags: humor truth odd intriguing



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The handkerchief dabbed at my forehead. 'Ouch! You'll have a fine-looking bruise tomorrow.'
'Then you'll be able to distinguish me from Rose.'
The handkerchief paused. 'I could tell you apart from the beginning. You're quite different to each other, you know.'
Perhaps he could tell, in the obvious ways. The odd one was Rose; the other odd one was Briony.

Franny Billingsley

Tags: odd bruise distinguishing-twins



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...they didn’t think there was anything very odd in anyone being a little odd.

James Hilton

Tags: humor odd



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Saintliness is very odd. When people encounter it, they often take it for something else, something completely unlike it: indifference, mockery, scheming, coldness, insolence, perhaps even contempt. But they're mistaken, and that makes them furious. They commit an awful crime. This is doubtless the reason why most saints end up as martyrs.

Philippe Claudel

Tags: martyr crime saint odd



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I am an artist you know ... it is my right to be odd.

E.A. Bucchianeri

Tags: humor art eccentricity humour funny creativity artists artist artistic eccentric odd odd-people gadfly artsy creative-people eccentrics odd-humor



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What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around.

Criss Jami

Tags: different genius simplicity independent-thought privacy independent envy self-sufficiency superiority creative inferiority misunderstanding distinction complex odd difficulties genius-distinction inferiority-complex intimidating



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Creative people are often found either disagreeable or intimidating by mediocrities.

Criss Jami

Tags: originality strange creativity disagreeable unusual misunderstood envy mediocrity intimidation creative odd original awkward outcast mediocre peculiar intimidating



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He cocked his head to the side. "Did he die well?"
"He died screaming." Charlotte's bluntness startled Tessa.
"What a beautiful thing to hear.

Cassandra Clare

Tags: odd unexpected-changes relished



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