It happens this way …
When a writer can’t generate her own words, her best strategy is to borrow from others. Here are some fun quotations that tickle me. I hope they do the same for you.
“The story so far: In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
– Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
– Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson
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“To lose one parent may be regarded as misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
– Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
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“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
– Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Collection
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“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”
– Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
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“The capacity for friendship is God’s way of apologizing for our families.”
– Jay McInerney, The Last of the Savages
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“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
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“If this typewriter can’t do it, then f*** it, it can’t be done.”
– Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
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“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.”
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
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“If you think anyone is sane, you just don’t know enough about them.”
– Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping
And two from the ubiquitous Anonymous:
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