"And our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter."

Realism, Sense, Laughter, Life

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"I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Realism, Pragmatism, Critique, Solution, Irony

"Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Realism, Wisdom, Humor, Comfort

"I looked for any footmarks of course, but naturally, with all this rain, there wasn't a sign. Of course, if this were a detective story, there'd have been a convenient shower exactly an hour before the crime and a beautiful set of marks which could only have come there between two and three in the morning, but this being real life in a London November, you might as well expect footprints in Niagara. I searched the roofs right along-and came to the jolly conclusion that any person in any blessed flat in the blessed row might have done it."

Dorothy L. Sayers, British Author

Realism, Reality, Investigation, Chance, Absurdity

"She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Realism, Fate, Control, Events, Awareness

"And our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Realism, Sense, Laughter, Life

"Remember that rabbit-proof fencing you told me about? You get that at a hardware store or is it special order?"

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Realism, Curiosity, Humor, Inquiry, Dialogue

"Living isn't always red bows and birthday balloons."

Carew Papritz, American Author

Realism, Reality, Hardship, Life, Honesty

"Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent."

Tahir Shah, British Author

Realism, Investment, Quality, Preparation

"Ya got cigarettes? she asks. "Yes, I say,"I got cigarettes. "Matches? she asks."Enough to burn Rome. "Whiskey?"Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain. "You drunk? "Not yet."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Realism, Dialogue, Alcohol, Pain, Sorrow

"These mods made significant improvements to the cars " enough so that I changed my mind (another procedure altogether) every time I thought of selling the damn thing and buying a Toyota. I hope you benefit from this and preserve your ailing finances!Good luck!"

Christina Engela, South African Author

Realism, Improvement, Change, Finance, Decision

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"I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray."

"Okay, this is the wisdom. First, time spent on reconnaissanse is never wasted. Second, almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon. And finally, there is no problem on Earth that can't be ameliorated by a hot bath and a cup of tea."

"She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy."

"And our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter."

"Remember that rabbit-proof fencing you told me about? You get that at a hardware store or is it special order?"

"Living isn't always red bows and birthday balloons."

"Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent."

"Ya got cigarettes? she asks. "Yes, I say,"I got cigarettes. "Matches? she asks."Enough to burn Rome. "Whiskey?"Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain. "You drunk? "Not yet."

"These mods made significant improvements to the cars " enough so that I changed my mind (another procedure altogether) every time I thought of selling the damn thing and buying a Toyota. I hope you benefit from this and preserve your ailing finances!Good luck!"

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"A life can change in a tenth ofa second.or sometimes it can take70years."

"Where some god pissed a rain of reason to make things grow only to die."

"I'm not dead yet, just in a state of rapid decay, who isn't?"

"I went to the kitchen and felt-up the turkey."

"Great books are the ones we need."

"She wasn't veryinterestingbut few peopleare."

"The cat is the beautiful devil."

"Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste."

"Humanity, you never had it to begin with."