Droll Quotes
16 quotes by 14 authors
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The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for an entire lecture,…
— Douglas Hofstadter
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His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
— Clement Clarke Moore
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It's no surprise that the droll and (seemingly) all-knowing wizard behind the Chicago Style Q&A puts it all together-entertainingly-for manuscript editors in this real-world guide…
— Arthur Plotnik
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My dad was great. He was very droll, very dry.
— Albert Finney
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Life is droll. It has no common sense. It is the game of a mountebank.
— William John Locke
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What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive…
— Martin Amis
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In the half darkness I winked to my other self, my mad dictator, and congratulated him on his droll victory. I closed my eyes and…
— Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Droll thing life is -- that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge…
— Joseph Conrad
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Sam gave Captain Suicide a droll stare. "How did you die again? Oh wait, I know this. 'I can take 'em. I don't need to…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Hollis " I said "you're messing with me right now aren't you You're in Paris or somewhere and just-" "What " he replied. "No This…
— Sarah Dessen
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Oh, for heaven's sake, she thought with droll exasperation, this certainly explains a lot. It's no wonder I haven't been able to keep my hands…
— Karen Marie Moning
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I need dating advice. Fast.†Ash arched a single brow at that. “I’m useless. I’ve never been on one.†The three human men turned to…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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He looks like a man.' 'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist.
— Julia Quinn
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Ren frowned as he surveyed the madness they were knee-deep in. “Why are you under such heavy fire?†Nick gave him a droll stare. “Oh,…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I imagine that it will not be easy to persuade Mortmain into a bonnet," Magnus observed. "Though the color would be fetching on him." Henry…
— Cassandra Clare
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Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!
— Oscar Wilde
Who Wrote These Droll Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 16 Droll Quotes as follows: