Irony Quotes
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![Douglas Coupland](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1489283217i/1886._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”
― Shampoo Planet
― Shampoo Planet
![Voltaire](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1393683411i/5754446._UX200_CR0,12,200,200_.jpg)
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
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![Cassandra Clare](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1689347318i/150038._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“What are all these?" Clary asked.
"Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, "electrum wire - not much use at the moment but it's always good to have spares - silver bullets, charms of protetion, crucifixes, stars of David-"
"Jesus," said Clary
"I doubt he'd fit."
"Jace." Clary was appalled.”
― City of Bones
"Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, "electrum wire - not much use at the moment but it's always good to have spares - silver bullets, charms of protetion, crucifixes, stars of David-"
"Jesus," said Clary
"I doubt he'd fit."
"Jace." Clary was appalled.”
― City of Bones
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.”
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![Jane Austen](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651510251i/1265._UX200_CR0,4,200,200_.jpg)
“Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
![Christopher Moore](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1460399391i/16218._UY200_CR10,0,200,200_.jpg)
“It’s sarcasm, Josh.”
“Sarcasm?”
“It’s from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means that you aren’t really saying what you mean, but people will get your point. I invented it, Bartholomew named it.”
“Well, if the village idiot named it, I’m sure it’s a good thing.”
“There you go, you got it.”
“Got what?”
“Sarcasm.”
“No, I meant it.”
“Sure you did.”
“Is that sarcasm?”
“Irony, I think.”
“What’s the difference?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea.”
“So you’re being ironic now, right?”
“No, I really don’t know.”
“Maybe you should ask the idiot.”
“Now you’ve got it.”
“What?”
“Sarcasm.”
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
“Sarcasm?”
“It’s from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means that you aren’t really saying what you mean, but people will get your point. I invented it, Bartholomew named it.”
“Well, if the village idiot named it, I’m sure it’s a good thing.”
“There you go, you got it.”
“Got what?”
“Sarcasm.”
“No, I meant it.”
“Sure you did.”
“Is that sarcasm?”
“Irony, I think.”
“What’s the difference?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea.”
“So you’re being ironic now, right?”
“No, I really don’t know.”
“Maybe you should ask the idiot.”
“Now you’ve got it.”
“What?”
“Sarcasm.”
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
![Alexander McCall Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1272995820i/4738._UX200_CR0,22,200,200_.jpg)
“It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.”
― Morality for Beautiful Girls
― Morality for Beautiful Girls
![Harlan Ellison](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1667241587i/7415._UX200_CR0,1,200,200_.jpg)
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
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![J.K. Rowling](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1596216614i/1077326._UX200_CR0,15,200,200_.jpg)
“Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
![Haruki Murakami](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1615497402i/3354._UX200_CR0,5,200,200_.jpg)
“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Kafka on the Shore
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
― Kafka on the Shore
![Marie Lu](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1285032806i/4342215._UX200_CR0,55,200,200_.jpg)
“The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.”
― The Rose Society
― The Rose Society
![William Shakespeare](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1654446514i/947._UY200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't!”
― The Tempest
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't!”
― The Tempest
![Ursula Hegi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1188356263i/3536._UX200_CR0,10,200,200_.jpg)
“That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.”
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![René Descartes](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198124305i/36556._UX200_CR0,21,200,200_.jpg)
“Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”
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![Charles Bukowski](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1501509674i/13275._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“What is your advice to young writers?”
“Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.”
― Hot Water Music
“Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.”
― Hot Water Music
![Alan Moore](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1304944713i/3961._UX200_CR0,14,200,200_.jpg)
“It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.”
― Watchmen
― Watchmen
![Christopher Moore](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1460399391i/16218._UY200_CR10,0,200,200_.jpg)
“That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm.”
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
― Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
![James Dashner](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1473791260i/348878._UX200_CR0,52,200,200_.jpg)
“Shouldn't someone give a pep talk or something?' Minho asked...
"Go ahead," Newt replied.
Minho nodded and faced the crowd. 'Be careful,' he said dryly. 'Don't die.'
Thomas would have laughed if he could, but he was too scared for it to come out.
'Great. We're all bloody inspired,' Newt answered.”
― The Maze Runner
"Go ahead," Newt replied.
Minho nodded and faced the crowd. 'Be careful,' he said dryly. 'Don't die.'
Thomas would have laughed if he could, but he was too scared for it to come out.
'Great. We're all bloody inspired,' Newt answered.”
― The Maze Runner
![Orhan Pamuk](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1423469681i/1728._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.”
― My Name Is Red
― My Name Is Red
![Jim Butcher](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1400640324i/10746.jpg)
“Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white.”
― Small Favor
― Small Favor
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