#witty

I wanted to play with death, like a child with a new toy, I wanted to push all the buttons and see what would happen. ↗

— Holly Hood

#funny #life #love #witty #death

But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is is good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. Van Gogh, Beethoven, Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Pink Floyd (the early Piper at the Gates of Dawn line up), scientific breakthroughs, spiritual revolution, utopian visions, zany nationalism that kills millions- wait, that’s the bad kind. Tim Dorsey (Hurricane Punch) ↗

— Tim Dorsey

#humor #serge #serial-killer #witty #humor

I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks, and I also have a flair for getting people to like me. But to be perfectly fair to myself, I am ever-ready to confess my shortcomings, too, and a quick round of soul-searching forced me to admit that I had never been any good at all at breathing water. As I hung there from the seat belt, dazed and watching the water pour in and swirl around my head, this began to seem like a very large character flaw. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dark-humor #dexter #smart #witty #humor

I’d heard you were dead.” "I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#insults #put-downs #rumors #witty #humor

Master Griffin, I would marry my own mother for the excuse to stab my eyes out with her brooches than to see anything under your kilt," the man's voice said with an elegant aplomb. "Where would you like your guest's things, sir? ↗

— Tiffany Reisz

#witty #humor

This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one. ↗

— Ismail Merchant

#characters #comedy #decided #his #human

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty. ↗

— Dylan Moran

#characters #life #people #real #real life

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

#easily #kindness #lost #pearls #sayings

No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell. ↗

— Rosser Reeves

#charming #copy #i #just #saying

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long. ↗

— Madame de Sevigne

#day #fear #i #long #man