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  • #1
    Jessica Valenti
    “What’s the worst possible thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now.
    You’re probably thinking of words like slut, whore, bitch, cunt (I told you not to hold back!), skank.
    Okay, now, what are the worst things you can call a guy? Fag, girl, bitch, pussy. I’ve even heard the term “mangina.”
    Notice anything? The worst thing you can call a girl is a girl. The worst thing you can call a guy is a girl. Being a woman is the ultimate insult. Now tell me that’s not royally fucked up.”
    Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism

  • #2
    Cassandra Clare
    “You look lousy,' he said.
    Jace blinked. 'Seems an odd time to start an insult contest, but if you insist, I could probably think up something good.'
    'No I mean it. You don't look good.'
    'This is from a guy ho has all the sex appeal of a penguin. Look, I realize you may be jealous that the good Lord didn't deal you the same chiseled hand he dealt me, but that's no reason to-'
    'I am not trying to insult you.' Simon snapped.”
    Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

  • #3
    Stephenie Meyer
    “You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating.”
    Stephenie Meyer, Breaking Dawn

  • #4
    “Save your skin from the corrosive acids from the mouths of toxic people. Someone who just helped you to speak evil about another person can later help another person to speak evil about you.”
    Israelmore Ayivor

  • #5
    Eoin Colfer
    “Hey, look—your girlfriend is saying something."
    Artemis had a vast mental reserve of scathing comebacks at his disposal, but none of them covered girlfriend insults. He wasn't even sure if it was an insult. And if it was, who was being insulted? Him or the girl?”
    Eoin Colfer

  • #6
    “Are you in great physical pain, or is that your thinking expression?”
    G.A. Aiken, What a Dragon Should Know

  • #7
    Oscar Wilde
    “She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.”
    Oscar Wilde

  • #8
    Michael Bassey Johnson
    “Protect your good image from the eyes of negative viewers, who may look at your good appearance with an ugly fiendish eye, and ruin your positive qualities with their chemical infested tongues.”
    Michael Bassey Johnson

  • #9
    Brandon Sanderson
    “The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”
    “The only honest things I can say to you are insults.”
    Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

  • #10
    Dani Alexander
    “Peter to Austin:
    "Hard-ons don't make you think less. They make you think stupid. Which makes me think you must have one 24/7.”
    Dani Alexander, Shattered Glass

  • #11
    Patrick Rothfuss
    “I’d heard you were dead.”
    "I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.”
    Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

  • #12
    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “If your brains were dynamite there wouldn't be enough to blow your hat off.”
    Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake

  • #13
    Anne Bishop
    “You weren't afraid of me when I was Wolf," he said. "Why are you afraid of Nathan?"
    "He's got big feet!"
    "What?"
    An insulted-sounding arrroooo came from the other side of the door, a reminder that Wolves also had big ears.”
    Anne Bishop, Written in Red

  • #14
    Kresley Cole
    “The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.”
    Kresley Cole

  • #15
    John Green
    “Her hair is ridiculous," I said.

    "I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.”
    John Green, Paper Towns

  • #16
    Michael Bassey Johnson
    “When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.”
    Michael Bassey Johnson

  • #17
    William Shakespeare
    “You are thought here to the most senseless and fit man for the job.”
    William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

  • #18
    Roald Dahl
    “You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You stupid glob of glue!”
    Roald Dahl, Matilda

  • #19
    John Ringo
    “Shall I show him in or tell him to go find a short and unpleasant route to hell?”
    John Ringo, There Will Be Dragons

  • #20
    “You spawny-eyed pig-faced wazzock”
    Mark A. Cooper, Archie Wilson & The Beasts of Loch Ness

  • #21
    William Faulkner
    “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary."
    (on Ernest Hemingway”
    William Faulkner

  • #22
    Laini Taylor
    “You mean he came to your school? The scandalous rodent-loaf!”
    Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

  • #23
    “Whatever negative things people think and say about you is enough to bring you down provided you belief that it carries a weight that can push you hard. Don't agree to accept what critics say; be prepared to silence them by doing what they think you can't do!”
    Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

  • #24
    Julie James
    “Sidekick? Fuck you, porky.”
    Julie James, Just the Sexiest Man Alive

  • #25
    Mary McCarthy
    “Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’."
    (on Lillian Hellman)”
    Mary McCarthy

  • #26
    Steve Toltz
    “Let’s not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace’s underpants, and that child fell down a staircase and hit its head on the edge of a spade.”
    Steve Toltz, A Fraction of the Whole

  • #27
    Fiona Wood
    “... you cow,' Estelle added. 'I heard that.' 'Give the woman the geriatric audiology medal,' Estelle said. 'I heard that, too', her mother said, from the other side of the door.”
    Fiona Wood, Six Impossible Things

  • #28
    Rick Yancey
    “Fuck you and the horse you rode in on, you fucking alien motherfucker.”
    rick yancey

  • #29
    Dorothy Parker
    “Now to me, Edith looks like something that would eat her young.”
    Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker

  • #30
    Derek Landy
    “He crouched at the care window and looked in. "What a lovely family you have. What a charming family. They're all lovely. Except for that one." His finger jabbed the glass. "That one's a bit ugly."

    The American stepped towards him. "What? What did you say?"

    "Oh, don't worry. I'm sure his personality makes up for his face.”
    Derek Landy, Death Bringer



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