Wit Quotes

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You know, Gilan, sarcasm isn't the lowest form of wit. It's not even wit at all." -Halt — John Flanagan
sloughing my skin / escaping it's grip / stripped of my wit / it hurts to be me . — Maggie Stiefvater
I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's not everyday that… — Johanna Lindsey
Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure. — Fanny Burney
I'd really like to go with you, Agachak. Truly I would...but I just can't." "I don't understand. Why not?" "I'm not allowed to leave home.… — David Eddings
Didn't you have any sadistic nannies who told you these tales to keep you quiet and well behaved at night? Heavens, what's to become of… — Libba Bray
One can have a wit, but not a witless — Brandon Sanderson
To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you're frightened out of your wits, canâ€™t sit… — Charles Bukowski
If wits were pins, the man would be a veritable hedgehog. — Frances Hardinge
The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater… — Tom Robbins
Sometimes with the most intense pain a paralysis of sensibility occurs. The soul disintegrates--hence the deadly frost--the free power of the mind--the shattering, ceaseless wit… — Novalis
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It was Will who broke the silence. "Very well. You have me alone in the corrider-" "Yes, yes," said Tessa impatiently,"and thousands of women all… — Cassandra Clare
I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut your face.' 'Exactly… — Derek Landy
No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit — Leo Tolstoy
Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion, the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything, whether pleasurable… — William Hazlitt
My liege, and madam, to expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time, Were nothing… — William Shakespeare
If he had his wits about him Bunny would surely keep his mouth shut; but now, with his subconscious mind knocked loose from its perch… — Donna Tartt
Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If you're sleepy,… — Pseudonymous Bosch
Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do… — J.R.R. Tolkien

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