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“George came back in with the beer, paused while a handicap signal shook him up. And then he sat down again.

"You been crying" he said to Hazel.

"Yup," she said.

"What about?" he said.

"I forget," she said. "Something real sad on television."

"What was it?" he said.

"It's all kind of mixed up in my mind," said Hazel.

"Forget sad things," said George.

"I always do," said Hazel.

"That's my girl," said George.

He winced. There was the sound of a rivetting gun in his head.

"Gee - I could tell that one was a doozy," said Hazel.

"You can say that again," said George.

"Gee-" said Hazel, "I could tell that one was a doozy.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Harrison Bergeron

“Mc Donalds he thought. There's no longer any such thing as a Mc Donalds hamburger. He passed out. When he came around seconds later he found he was sobbing for his mother.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“And what’s happened to the Earth?” “Ah. It’s been demolished.” “Has it,” said Arthur levelly. “Yes. It just boiled away into space.” “Look,” said Arthur, “I’m a bit upset about that.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Because there are some things you have to do even if you are an enlightened liberal cop who knows all about sensitivity and everything!”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Ting-a-ling mother fucker.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake

“I hope the dogs don't bark tonight. I always think it's mine”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“That's all for today, Monsieur Antichrist.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“But he recovered in a few hours, and as soon as his mind had cleared, he threw them out of the house with the best manners he was capable of. “Nobody fucks with me,” he said. “Not even my father with his war veteran’s balls.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold