"Laughter is born out of the discovery of the contradictory."

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Alfred Jarry

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“Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have spoiled their own digestions?”

Source : E. T. A. Hoffmann (2015). “The Mutual Interdependence of Things (Fantasy and Horror Classics)”, p.54, Read Books Ltd
“Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of the Christ just might be the best short introduction to Biblical scholarship yet.”
“I was aware now, as ever, that between all people there were First Times You See Them and Last Times you See Them.”

Source : Marisha Pessl (2006). “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, p.197, Penguin
“I'm not exactly repulsive.”
“Every piece of progressive social legislation passed by Congress in the 20th century bears a union label.”
“I had no idea the amount of people who even knew who I was. Suddenly, they were coming up and saying, "You're my favorite artist." Very surreal. After years of trying to get work, and then coming here and being able to meet some of the fans of Array.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“Let us think of people as starting life with an experience they forget and ending it with one which they anticipate but cannot understand.”
“Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.”

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