Alec muttered a retort into his coffee. It rhymed with something that sounded a lot more like "ducking glass mole. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When we stop believing in gods we can start believing in their stories, I retort. There are of course no such things… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“...unfortunately, I am incapable of thinking up perfectly biting, split-second retorts, in any language. The French even have a word for this:… — Tania Aebi Copy Share Image
This is me, remember?" retorts Suze. "I know what you're like! You used to throw all your bank statements into the trash… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Instant enlightenment. A quintessential modernism, culture and religion accommodated to the age of fast food and bumper stickers. But psyche and spirit… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Rude poets of the tavern hearth, squandering your unquoted mirth, which keeps the ground, and never soars, while jake retorts, and reuben… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am the most spontaneous speaker in the world because every word, every gesture, and every retort has been carefully rehearsed. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image