Snoakes

“And the more she says the words ‘fallopian tubes’ the less real they are. They sound like some long-forgotten musical instrument from a Pacific Island and I can hear the advert for an album of fallopian tube classics on TV: “From the foothills of Fallopia, the haunting sound of the fallopian tubes brings alive all your favourite anthems from the world’s greatest artists....”
― Colette Snowden, The Secret To Not Drowning

“The Cockney has one oath, and one oath only, the most indecent in the language, which he uses on any and every occasion.  Far different is the luminous and varied Western swearing, which runs to blasphemy rather than indecency.  And after all, since men will swear, I think I prefer blasphemy to indecency; there is an audacity about it, an adventurousness and defiance that is better than sheer filthiness.”
― Jack London, The People of the Abyss

“Clever folk aren’t popular, by and large. They arouse suspicion. They don’t fit in.”
― Joanne M. Harris, The Gospel of Loki

“The world is a terrible place for sensitive people but the closer we come to losing our minds, the harder we’ll work to keep them.”
― Kate Tempest, Hold Your Own