"As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak."

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Source : John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

John Knowles

#Summer Quotes #Sarcastic Quotes #Sarcasm Quotes

“His legs have a mind of their own, his foot shoots by itself... Roberto Baggio is a big horsetail that flicks away opponents as he flows forward in an elegant wave.”
“Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.”

Source : John Guare (2002). “The House of Blue Leaves and Chaucer in Rome”, p.5, The Overlook Press
“Nothing too long imagined can be perfect in a wordly way.”
“Men who neglect philosophy while busying themselves with ordinary affairs are like the Suitors [in the Odyssey] who desired Penelope but went to bed with her maids.”
“I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.”
“Making use of human weaknesses in intelligence work is a logical matter. It keeps coming up, and of course you try to look at all the aspects that interest you in a human being.”
“Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that doesn't happen.”
“But I'm also a music lover, and I'll always try a lot of different things.”

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