Awful Quotes - Page 11
Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be, to protect yourself.
Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “A Man Without a Country”, p.129, Seven Stories Press
Gertrude Stein (2013). “Wars I Have Seen”, p.42, Random House
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.693, Bantam
If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point.
Edward Gorey (2001). “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews”, Houghton Mifflin
It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.
Anne Tyler (2001). “Back when We Were Grownups: A Novel”, Knopf
Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.161, Thomas Nelson Inc
Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.57, Rowman & Littlefield