#irony

That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#sarcasm #christ

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. ↗

— Jane Austen

#histrionics #hysterics #irony #mrs-bennett #suffering

Irony is wasted on the stupid ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#stupid #stupidity #stupidity

Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it. ↗

— Moses Hadas

#books #classic-insult #irony #literary-criticism #time

I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#individualism #irony #selfishness #tea #hell

If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#optimism #pessimism #schizophrenia #universe

You could write a book about things that you can't find on-line. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#internet #irony #sam-roth #internet

Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech. ↗

— Trevanian

#figures-of-speech #irony #speech

It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner. ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#manners #manners

O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't! ↗

— William Shakespeare

#irony #wonder #mankind