Damo

“sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“And I feel that a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star. This is not theology. I have no bent toward gods. But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed-because 'Thou mayest'.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

“The population is getting fatter faster than a mobility scooter hurtling towards Greggs at closing time.”
― Adam Kay, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

“The angel had never really come to grips with the twentieth century, and didn't realize that it is perfectly possible to do ninety miles an hour down Oxford Street. You just arranged matters so that no one was in the way. And since everyone knew that it was impossible to do ninety miles an hour down Oxford Street, no one noticed.”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch