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• But the saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor.… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
• I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys.… — Sarah Vowell
• Not just self-restraint, that old killjoy, but communal restraint. — Wendell Berry
• Let’s take this figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. Does the feminist kill other people’s joy by pointing out moments of sexism?… — Sara Ahmed
• The saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
• When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we… — Robert Staughton Lynd
• America was founded by puritans and like it or not the anti-pleasure dogma of those buckled-shoed killjoys still pervades our collective unconscious… — Dennis Miller
• Hot off the presses, today’s headlines: The love of your life does not approve of my wanton flapper ways,” Evie said in… — Libba Bray
• Oh, that clock! Old killjoy. I hear you. Come on, get up, you say, Time to start another day. Even he orders… — Cinderella

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