“A life is like a book of many chapters and topics. Which Chapter are is your life?” — Elizabeth Adeniyi Copy Share Image
“We left dents on each other. Mine was in her heart, and hers was on my car.” — J.A. ANUM Copy Share Image
“You're cute when you babble," he says to my total horror and disgust, because unlike the popular noughties rock band, cute is… — Laura Steven Copy Share Image
“Mr Hawkins said nothing; the Hawkins' domestic affairs were arranged upon the principle that Fanny supplied the talk and he the silence.” — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“I was glad to be made aware that “Veimke” (jeune fille au pair), is subject to natural law, and can be made… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Flaccus, the sort of girl I hate Is the scrawny one, with arms so thin My rings would fit them, hips that… — Martial Copy Share Image
“It did not cross the minds of most Hindus that barring exceptions, they were responsible for Catholicism in India. The outcastes of… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sigh. Here's another fine woman that historians can't believe was real. Of course she was real. Not only is there a splendid… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
“You can only fight one man at a time with a sword, but, with a pen, you can compose a lecture to… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles. — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
“Well, what was I to do? For the well-bred gentleman there was clearly only one recourse. I fucked him.” — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
“In my universe, when a dork like Oscar pushes up on a girl like Jenni, he usually gets bounced faster than your… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
“People assume that artists must talk about art and beauty and the sublime whenever we get together, but no, we usually talk… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Tom, how many children do you think I have to have before I figure out you get them by having sex?" "Of… — Robyn Carr Copy Share Image
“You couldn’t ever be off your guard with this boy. Even when you had just saved his soul and begun to trust… — Kiran Nagarkar Copy Share Image
Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Her eyes widened. I assumed in alarm, but who the hell knew what was going on in her stubborn head. I took… — Becca Lee Copy Share Image
The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humour and so… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Excuse me for a moment, will ye. I think I have to talk to the river,' he said unsteadily and flopped over… — Ian Livingstone Copy Share Image
“We did photograph albums, best dresses, favourite novels, and once someone's own novel. It was about a week in a telephone box… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“I find that when people laugh it's usually because they're connecting and identifying in a way that they hadn't considered. That's my… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
I think if there is a God, it's very important that he has a sense of humour - otherwise, you are in… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
So it just wasn't in my house. Anywhere, I looked like I knew about the toilet. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
-Are you thinking of your undying love? -No, it died — Cherry-mae Whitehead Migle Kacenaite Copy Share Image
“Impartially, shrewdly, I considered suicide, though not in my worst moments. The bottle of pills. The note: 'No hard feelings, everyone, but… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Truth and Beauty (perhaps Keats was wrong in identifying them: perhaps they have the relation of Wit and Humour, or Rain and… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
“An oyster has hardly any more reasoning power than a scientist has; and so it it is reasonably certain that this one… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Michael: "Thing is, I'd like to go out with you. What are you doing on Saturday?" Siobhan: "Committing suicide." Michael: "Alright then,… — John Hennessy Copy Share Image
I love religion. I could make up religions all day. I sort of think that in an ideal world I'd like to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“... and because they were fond of reading, she fancied them satirical: perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical;… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“You want the truth? I’ve been fucked and betrayed often enough to not trust anybody. And that includes you.” Frank shrugged. “Don’t… — Aleksandr Voinov Copy Share Image
“Sally: 'We’re in India: think spirituality, positive energy -’ Katia: ‘Peace?’ Sally: ‘And love.’ Katia: ‘Karma.’ Sally: ‘Tantra! Actually, maybe not that.… — Emma Jackson Copy Share Image
“These were the days before I decided to climb up the mountain, speak slowly and in a priestly tone, and try shaming… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
