"I'm sorry,' said the shopkeeper. 'I can't understand your ridiculous accent.' 'My accent?' 'It is quite silly.' 'So you can't understand me?' 'Not a word.' 'Then how did you understand that?' 'I didn't.' ''You didn't understand what I just said?' 'That's right.' 'You understood that, though.' 'Not at all.' The American glowered."

-- Derek Landy

#Sorry Quotes #Silly Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes

“She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.”
“When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.”
“Why were you even there?" Kami asked. "Were you following me home?" "Are you asking me if I was stalking you?" "Maybe," said Kami. "Were you?" "Yeah," said Jared. "Little bit.”
“Whatever situation you're in: Send love, place it in God's hands, open your heart to everyone involved - and it will turn out miraculously.”
“Don't send your kids to Baylor. And don't send your kids to [Texas] A&M... Texas A&M used to be a conservative university. It's lost all of its conservatism.... My daughter went there. You know, she had horrible experiences with coed dorms and guys who spent the weekends in the rooms with girls.”
“I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is.”
“Behind the scenes there is a secretive, undeclared war of revenge that's already under way.”
“Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love.”

Source : Mark Akenside (1779). “The works in verse of Mark Akenside M.D.”, p.289

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