"The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful."

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Kurt Vonnegut

#Humor Quotes #Way Quotes #Truthful Quotes

“Where is our comfort but in the free, uninvolved, finally mysterious beauty and grace of this world that we did not make, that has no price? Where is our sanity but there? Where is our pleasure but in working and resting kindly in the presence of this world? (pg. 215, Economy and Pleasure)”
“To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.”

Source : Address at Progressive Conservative Brunch in Montreal, Quebec, www.canadahistory.com. August 22, 1993.
“The workforce in Latin America was treated as a vulgar instrument for capital accumulation.”

Source : Interview with Amy Goodman, progressive.org. June 28, 2013.
“No intelligent man has ever lost a fight to someone who said 'I'm gonna kick your ass'.”

Source : Rory Miller (2014). “Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence”, p.88, YMAA Publication Center, Inc.
“There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature.”
“The Christian life is not knowing or hearing, but doing.”
“Heterosexuality - whichever gender you are - says that the other gender is very important to you.”

Source : "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.
“I think for Lev [Grossman], C. S. Lewis was a huge inspiration from his childhood. I know that Brideshead Revisited is a book that he's incredibly found of and he took certain structural influences from that book that he brought into The Magicians.”

Source : "Why Eliot on The Magicians Is the Fantasy Character We've All Been Waiting For". Interview with Kelsie Gibson, www.popsugar.com. February 9, 2016.

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