Alibi Quote by Nathaniel Wing

“Perhaps we can conceive of the ironist as the fetishist's apprentice, reaching out for all readers, ensnaring them in a tangle of ambiguity, uncertainty…

— Janet Beizer

“Irony is the sense of humor of fate.”

— Twila Vernon

“Irony--it's funny until it happens to you.”

— Bill Morris

“I don't think irony's meant to synergize with anything as heartfelt as sadness.”

— David Foster Wallace

“ Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“Irony is chock-full of fiber.”

— Qwen Salsbury

“I do love irony. It’s so…complicated and coincidental.”

— Cassandra Kemper

“I think the main function of contemporary irony is to protect the speaker from being interpreted as naive or sentimental.”

— David Foster Wallace

“Irony cleans away all those secret stains. Irony is the path that leads safely back to official realities.”

— Geoffrey Wall

“This American penchant for absolution via irony is foreign to them.”

— David Foster Wallace

“the thing about irony is you never see it coming; that's how you know it's there.”

— Richard Christian Matheson

“Irony is a treacherous servant; unless it's very carefully watched over, it has a tendency to expose the foolishness of its apparent master.”

— Mark O'Connell