Sick Burn Quotes

“My son displays a general garment and you claim it’s cut to your fit?” Jessica asked. “What a fascinating revelation.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“an extraordinarily good-looking girl whose life philosophy is fluffy and unconsidered and when one comes right down to it kind of contemptible”
― David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

“If there's an invisible assassin in this place, I can only imagine it's the Devil himself, I dare say he feels quite at home.”
― Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

“All the world used her ill, said this young misanthropist, and we may be pretty certain that persons whom all the world treats ill, deserve entirely the treatment they get.”
― William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

“I’m not usually into Asian guys,” she blurted.

David resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “All right,” he said evenly, picking his drink up. “Fuck you, then.”

“Wait!” Her cheeks colored. “Oh my God, I’m so sorry. I don’t know why I said that.”

“Because you’re not into Asian guys, I imagine,” David said, folding his arms.”
― Nenia Campbell, The Darkest Night

“If there is an invisible assassin in this place, I can only imagine it's the Devil himself, I dare say he feels quite at home”
― Marisa Coulter

“And technically, unlike your usual workplace, you're not allowed to completely decimate someone when they fall short of your ridiculously high standards and dull decorative tastes. But let's face it. Anyone who pulls out the glitter is going home with the remains of their ego in a bag.”
― Lucy Parker, Battle Royal

“Look, everybody lies. You're the only pillar of truth I know."
"Me and the woman I end up with."
Oof.”
― Virginia Hartman, The Marsh Queen

“You know what they say about why girls love horses?"
Iris knew exactly where he was headed; she had always hated this joke.
Jonathan looked wearily at him. "Careful, Bill, this is my daughter we're talking about."
She hated this rejoinder too. It was a scummy way to talk about any young girl, the ones with fathers and without.
"All right, Allegra excluded. But Iris know what I'm talking about. The friction...?"
The heat radiating off Iris's blotchy chest sent a waft of the perfume up to her flaring nostrils. "People who think riding horses gives women orgasms don't know how to do either thing right.”
― Francesca Serritella, Full Bloom

“And if you think I've acted foolishly, maybe I'm being charged with folly by a fool.”
― Sophocles, Antigone

“As for my sons, they'll inherit this: enough dirt to be dead in.”
― Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus