Because nothing says flattery like a gun to the head.
Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion - to move it from an indefensible point and to attack the opponent.~ Lord Aquitainus Attis...
You're such a cynic, Molly said.I think cynics are playful and cute.
You're one hell of a woman, Molly, I said. Thank you.
We have now left Reason and Sanity Junction. Next stop, Looneyville.
The Blue Beetle was not a clown car, I said severely. It was a machine of justice.
Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile.
Please, help me. Young werewolves in love.
Maybe, he said in a slow, rural drawl, you could explain to me why I found you in the middle of an orgy. Well, I said, if you’re going to be in an orgy, the middle is the best spot, isn’t it.
Injun Joe studied the body for a moment, his eyes sad. Then he said, I'd rather go in my sleep, I think. He glanced back at me. What about you?I want to be stepped on by an elephant while having sex w...
Bigots see something they expect and then they stop thinking about what is in front of them. It's probably how they got to be bigots in the first place.
The next time I opened my eyes, I was in the morgue.This, all by itself, is enough to really ruin your day.I was lying on the examining table, and Butters, complete with his surgical gown and his tray...
Tavi spent an eternity in misery, longing for death to bring sweet release from the unrelenting torment. The others gathered at the side of his bunk on the ship, keeping a deathwatch over him.I don't...
Everything was perfectly healthy and normal here in Denial Land.
Do you really think you can win?''Yeah. Hell, Ortega is only the third or fourth most disturbing thing I've tangled with today.''But even if you do win, what does it change?''Me getting kiilled now. T...
Because I know my daughter, she said. And I know very well that the only way to absolutely ensure that she pursues any given course of action is for me to forbid her to do so.
Ack! I said.Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.
You're reacted to the fear, but you haven't ever faced it and put it into the fight perspective. You have to make up your mind to overcome it.
You beg fate to make your fears into reality, Aleran. But for the moment, they are only fears. They may come. If so, then face them and overcome them. Until then, pay them no mind. You have enough to...
To the best of my knowledge, sir, Benedict said in an apologetic tone, no one has ever been able to tell my dear cousin anything. At all.