“Impersonating a quiet, gentle librarian like Barbara Gordon--You deserve to be taken out of circulation!” — Karl Kesel Copy Share Image
“Another phenomenon, still more strikingly modern, was a package of lucifer matches, which, in old times, would have been thought actually to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I say 'as it were' or 'so to speak' too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
I like really bad puns - proper, red-top, nasty puns - I find them funny. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“How many of us are there?” he demanded in a less than amused tone. “Legions, surely, don’t you think it must be… — Krisi Keley Copy Share Image
“Biers was where the undead drank. And when Igor the barman was asked for a Bloody Mary, he didn't mix a metaphor.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“ Do You Come Here Often?' and 'Be Part of the Action' Have Become Clichéd "Coast Guard Sees Increasing Need for Icebreakers"—headline,… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
“Would I laugh?" "Matter of fact, you would," says Zeb. "Heart like shale. What you need is a good fracking.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Doc Webster's eyes rolled briefly, like loaded dice, and came up snake eyes.” — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
“He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“Xingu!" she scoffed. "Why, it was the fact of our knowing so much more about it than she did—unprepared though we were—that… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“I assume therefore I think I think yet still don't know a goddamn thing.” — Brian Spellman Copy Share Image
“And he won her freedom by playing beautiful music,' Roland added. 'I think he played a lute. Or maybe it was a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I like Jacques Derrida; I think he's funny. I like my philosophy with a few jokes and puns. I know that that… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“Never a dull moment,” he muttered. They’d been flash and bang from the first moment they’d met. “Yeah, well, if you weren’t… — Abigail Roux & Madeleine Urban Copy Share Image