Ellen > Ellen's Quotes

“I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

“Stalin goes to visit one of the collectives outside of Moscow,” began Kolya in his joke-telling voice. “Wants to see how they’re getting on with the latest Five-Year Plan. ‘Tell me, comrade,’ he asks one farmer. ‘How did the potatoes do this year?’ ‘Very well, Comrade Stalin. If we piled them up, they would reach God.’ ‘But God does not exist, Comrade Farmer.’ ‘Nor do the potatoes, Comrade Stalin.”
― David Benioff, City of Thieves

“If we piled them up, they would reach God.’ ‘But God does not exist, Comrade Farmer.’ ‘Nor do the potatoes, Comrade Stalin.’ ” “Old one.” “Jokes only get old if they’re good. Otherwise, who keeps telling them?” “People like you who aren’t funny?”
― David Benioff, City of Thieves

“Shit,” she said, small hand gesturing to encompass their situation. “Lots of it. Now. Hitting many fans. Large ones.”
― William Gibson, The Peripheral

“Nearly every species that has ever lived has gone extinct, Laurette. No reason to think we humans will be any different!”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See