#evie

Another reason is that the letters are almost always funny, offering readers the spectacle of some pompous self-celebrator given ample ironic room in which to parade his self-solicited hurt. ↗

— Paul Fussell

#funny

Evie: "No way!" I yelled, taking it from him. Bud: "I can't believe I made a pink knife." Evie: "It's so cute! I love it. Finally, a companion worthy of Tasey. ↗

— Kiersten White

#evie #funny #pink-knife #tasey #funny

Silver knives! Painful and sometimes deadly to all paranormals!' 'Tasey!' I counterd 'Hot pink and sparkly! ↗

— Kiersten White

#evie #humor #humor

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it. Groucho Marx ↗

— Timar

#literary-criticism #literary-criticism

Do not start me on The Da Vinci Code ... a novel so bad that it gives bad novels a bad name." (Discussion at Woodruff Auditorium in Lawrence, KS; October 7, 2005.) ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#literary-criticism #novels #the-davinci-code #writing #literary-criticism

No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#inspirational-quotes #experience

Tasers are a one-size-fits-all paranormal butt-kicking option. Mine’s pink with rhinestones. ↗

— Kiersten White

#humor #humor

There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#the-paris-review #wisecrack #wit #humor

Perhaps you had better watch your back, stupid glowy golden faerie man whore" He frowned at me. "That made no sense" "Good! Now maybe I can join your club ↗

— Kiersten White

#evie #faeries #humor #light-and-dark #reth

Self editing is the path to the dark side. Self editing leads to self delusion, self delusion leads to missed mistakes, missed mistakes lead to bad reviews. Bad reviews are the tools of the dark side. ↗

— Eric T. Benoit

#humor #reviews #yoda #humor