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  1. William Goldman _ The Princess Bride

    When I was your age, television was called books.
    book-quotehumourfantasy

  2. Dennis Lehane _ A Drink Before the War

    Twelve dead?" I said. "Jesus.
    book-quoteinspirationalhumoursurprise

  3. Christopher Russell _ Mockstars

    It's like George always says: being in a rock ʼn' roll band is very sexy, even when you're only the keyboard player and your idea of the perfect Saturday night actually amounts to a bubble bath, a Richard Curtis boxset and a seafood linguine.
    book-quotemusichumourrock-and-roll

  4. Angela Thirkell _ Wild Strawberries

    Henry, you mustn't mind. It is really a kindness to have him.' 'Well, I do mind, Emily,' said Mr Leslie, getting up. 'Kindness is one thing and your family is another. You treat this house as if it were the Ark, Emily, inviting everyone in.' 'At least she doesn't ask them in couples, sir,' said David. 'A female Holt would be appalling.' 'That's enough,' said his father. 'If Mr Holt comes into this house, I go out of it.' He took a cigar from the sideboard and went out, almost slamming the door."
    book-quotehumour

  5. Lorrie Moore _ Like Life

    Bucks, doe - thank God everything boils down to money, I always say.""During mating season the doe constructs a bed for herself, and then she urinates all around the outside of it. That's how she gets her mate.""So that's it," murmured Odette. "I was always peeing in the bed.
    book-quotehumour

  6. Terry Prachett talking about Neil Gaiman _ Good Omens: The Nice and

    But the purpose of the book is not the horror, it is horror's defeat.
    book-quotefunnyhumourneil-gaiman

  7. Neil Gaiman _ Good Omens: The Nice and

    Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing.
    book-quotehumorhumourgeography

  8. Sylvain Reynard _ The Prince

    Certainly, he was the only one in the room who'd actually engaged Dante in direct conversation and informed the Poet he was an ass.
    book-quotehumour

  9. Virginia Woolf _ Mrs. Dalloway

    {But he could not bring himself to say he loved her; not in so many words.}
    book-quotelovehumour

  10. Martin Amis _ The Information

    He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed.
    book-quotehumour

  11. Adam Rex _ Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of

    In lieu of Tasers, you'll have to hit me. Hard as you can. Then maybe some kind of fight-or-flight response will kick in and I'll turn into a bat to get away from you.""Fight or flight.""Yes.""Only half of that is flight.
    book-quotehumorhumourtransformation

  12. Margaret Mitchell _ Gone with the Wind

    You're Ma's own blood son, but did she take on that time Tony Fontaine shot you in the leg? No, she just sent for old Doc Fontaine to dress it and asked the doctor what ailed Tony's aim. Said she guessed the licker was spoiling his marksmanship.
    book-quotehumour
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