Darling, when things go wrong in life, you lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail...
I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.
You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?
What's so unpleasant about being drunk?Ask a glass of water!
What are you boys doing? she asks, as if we’re still little kids messing around.Arguin’, Carlos says matter-of-factly.
Tiny, Sanya rumbled to Michael, clenching a demonstrative fist. But .
This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes.
The Professor doesn’t have a problem being called Dick? If my name was Richard, I’d go by Richard or Rich . . . not Dick. Hell, I’d even settle for being called Chard.
Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened.Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. Are you directing your magic to the candle?Yes. Why?You just ordered me to li...
I was tempted to tell her it was because we were British and actually had a sense of humour, but I try not to be cruel to foreigners, especially when they're that strung out.
I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?
Humor is what happens when we're told the truth quicker and more directly than we're used to.
He says that it is good luck to rub the head of a dwarf, Haldon said after an exchange with the guard in his own tongue.Tyrion forced himself to smile at the man. Tell him that it is even better luck...
Good morning, she said. Are you drunk?She noticed what a split second it took for him to flare into aggression. Do I look it?No. Where is Citizen Danton?I’ve done away with him. I’ve been busy dismemb...
I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
Caricature: putting the face of a joke upon the body of a truth.
Humour is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite.
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.
There are things of deadly earnest that can only be safely mentioned under cover of a joke.
They seek him here. They seek him there. Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in Heaven? Or is he in Hell? That damned, illusive pimpernel.