Books Quote by Nancy Springer Download Open image “I hope that the kind reader recognises this as a despairing attempt at humour.” — Nancy Springer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Humor Humour Kind Reader Recognise Witty
If I can, by a lucky chance, in these uneasy days, rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care, or beguile the heavy… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“(I’ve often noticed that people equate ‘having a sense of humour’ with ‘being an insensitive moron’.) This” — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Only someone who had experienced such bitter despair would be able to recognize it in another. — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
The thing about a sense of humour is that it's not bestowed on the good. It's just randomly dished out. — Chris Morris Copy Share Image
“Persistent ill-humour is all too clear an indication that someone is living contrary to his[her] intended purpose.” — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Stop it,' he whispered. Hid lidded eyes winced. His hands faltered up to cover his face. Dusty did not stop. 'If I'd known you-if… — Nancy Springer Copy Share Image
Confound my genteel upbringing! I could not think of any name foul enough to call him. — Nancy Springer Copy Share Image
“All the words I had prepared turned coward and fled my mind like conscripts deserting a battlefield.” — Nancy Springer Copy Share Image
“He was just a sixteen-year old boy who had been killed, a kid whose photo had been in the paper, a kid who would… — Nancy Springer Copy Share Image
“Dimly, with her burning heart more than her mind, she began to understand why she had always liked gay men. They suffered, were persecuted,… — Nancy Springer Copy Share Image
“Three mysteries are grasped by no man: The mistletoe green between earth and sky, The sadness in a maiden’s smile, The runes shaped by… — Nancy Springer Copy Share Image
“To her, everything is beautiful in its own way, and everyone is a friend just waiting for her. And somehow it works for her.” — Nancy Springer Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
