Killjoys Quotes

“Would you destroy Something perfect in order to make it beautiful?”
― Gerard Way

“Let's take the figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. One feminist project could be to give the killjoy back her voice. Whilst hearing feminists as killjoys might be a form of dismissal, there is an agency that this dismissal rather ironically reveals. We can respond to the accusation with a "yes.”
― Sara Ahmed, The Promise of Happiness

“The antidote to joy is dread.”
― Sam Hamm, Batman: Blind Justice

“There could be no half-measures,
Nothing half-done,
Oh, stopping Christmas would be so much fun!”
― Stewart Stafford

“…at the other end of the shelf, the ubiquity of metaphor in everyday language is truly a surprising discovery, rich with implications. Even the killjoy has to admit that metaphors were alive in the minds of the original coiners and compelling to the early adopters.”
― Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

“You can kill joy by not looking happy enough.”
― Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life

“We're here to work, not to make friends,”
― Tandec2016

“Don't let the bearers of bad news become the pallbearers of your happiness.”
― Stewart Stafford

“To be a killjoy is often to be assigned as being emotional, too emotional; letting your feelings get in the way of your judgment; letting your feelings get in the way. Your feelings can be the site of a rebellion. A feminist heart beats the wrong way; feminism is hearty.”
― Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life