Irk Quotes

1. "Because I liked you betterThan suits a man to say,It irked you, and I promisedI'd throw the thought away.To put the world between usWe parted stiff and dry:'Farewell,' said you, 'forget me.''Fare well, I will,' said I.If e'er, where clover whitensThe dead man's knoll, you pass,And no tall flower to meet youStarts in the trefoiled grass,Halt by the headstone shadingThe heart you have not stirred,And say the lad that loved youWas one that kept his word."
Author: A.E. Housman

2. "I solved world hunger."?"Yeah, right."?"Oh, ye of little faith."?"You realize that solving world hunger would mean you'd be doing something good for a change?"?"Ah, but there's the kicker: I destroyed my solutions." He finally looks away from the window and gives me this cocky smirk. "Malevolence 101, Kirk."
Author: Abria Mattina

3. "You really do hate me, don't you? I mean, destroying someone's ice-cream cone? That's vicious."Her cheeks reddened. "I didn't see you there. Honestly." She wiped at his shirt more frantically, as if she could prevent it from staining if she rubbed hard enough."Oh, now I see your plan, and it's far more devious than I thought." Daniel smirked. "You were looking for an excuse to grope me."
Author: Amanda Hocking

4. "Vispirms pa spraugu izlida gara, kaulaina roka, zildzisloti pirksti apkampuši tureja tupeni ar iespraustu pumpainu sveci, tad paradijas noskretušu bruncu mala ar koka tupelem apakša,un tikai pec tam vel pamazam un pa dalam tika redzama visa krodziniece."
Author: Andrejs Upits

5. "He was in search of a story, nothing more. He shouldn't be thinking about her bedroom at all. But, in a matter of minutes, the Greek aerialist had drawn him in with her shy smiles and quirky humor."
Author: Aria Kane

6. "He quirked an eyebrow briefly, slightly, in such a way that no one afterwards might be able to safely accuse him of having done it. Sei knew the look. Names are meaningless, plosives and breath, but those who liked the slope of her waist often made much of hers, which denoted purity, clarity—as though it had any more in the way of depth than others. They wondered, all of them, if she really was pure, as pure as her name announced her to be, all white banners and hymeneal grace."
Author: Catherynne M. Valente

7. "Evans turned away, did something with his left eyelid for the benefit of the other two. "It's got him," he smirked. "He's tuned-in from now on."Time started to slow up and act crazy. Minutes took much longer to pass than they had before. It was hard for him to adjust himself to the new ratio, he got all balled-up. When it seemed like half an hour had gone by, the radio would still be playing only the first chorus of the same selection that had begun a good thirty minutes before. Otherwise, nothing much happened. Vinnie was doing a good deal of muffled giggling over there on the divan. The stranger who had been sitting reading the paper got up, yawned, stretched ponderously, and strolled out into the hall, with a muttered "Happy landing!" by way of leave-taking. He didn't come back again any more.Turner looked down one time and a quarter of an inch of charred paper was all that was left between his fingers. Then the next time he looked there was a full length cigarette again."
Author: Cornell Woolrich

8. "I'm struck by how amazing it is and how sad that makes me, because I've never seen that. He's not like that around me. The way his mouth quirks and lights up his eyes. He should smile more often. It's so innocent."
Author: Courtney Summers

9. "Yakinda hipotermi baslayacakti. Kan önemli iç organlari korumak için vücudun içlerine çekilirken kollar ve bacaklarda hafif bir uyusukluk seklinde kendini gösterecekti. Nabiz ve solunum yavaslayip, beyni oksijensiz birakirken çilginca halüsinasyonlar bas gösterecekti. Ardindan vücut geri kalan isiyi koruyabilmek için son bir gayretle kalp ve solunum hariç tüm organlarin çalismasini durduracakti. Bunu bilinçsizlik takip edecekti. Sonunda, beyindeki kalp ve solunum merkezleri ayni anda fonksiyonlarini kesecekti."
Author: Dan Brown

10. "Sir Isaac Newton, renowned inventor of the milled-edge coin and the catflap!""The what?" said Richard."The catflap! A device of the utmost cunning, perspicuity and invention. It is a door within a door, you see, a ...""Yes," said Richard, "there was also the small matter of gravity.""Gravity," said Dirk with a slightly dismissed shrug, "yes, there was that as well, I suppose. Though that, of course, was merely a discovery. It was there to be discovered." ... "You see?" he said dropping his cigarette butt, "They even keep it on at weekends. Someone was bound to notice sooner or later. But the catflap ... ah, there is a very different matter. Invention, pure creative invention. It is a door within a door, you see."
Author: Douglas Adams

11. "But for a moment Dirk had a sense of inifinite loss and sadness that somewhere among the frenzy of information noise that daily rattled the lives of men he thought he might have heard a few notes that denoted the movements of gods."
Author: Douglas Adams

12. "Richard reflected that Dirk's was a face into which too much had already been put. What with that and the amount he talked, the traffic through his mouth was almost incessant. His ears, on the other hand, remained almost totally unused in normal conversation."
Author: Douglas Adams

13. "Dirk Gently is the name under which I now trade. There are certain events in the past, I'm afraid, from which I would wish to disassociate myself.""Absolutely, I know how you feel. Most of the fourteenth century, for instance, was pretty grim," agreed Reg earnestly."
Author: Douglas Adams

14. "Die Leute meinen, ein Seelenfreund sei jemand, der perfekt zu einem passt, und genau das wünschen sich alle. Aber ein wirklicher Seelenfreund ist ein Spiegel, ist der Mensch, der dir alles zeigt, was dich hemmt, der dir zeigt, wer du bist, damit du dein Leben ändern kannst. Ein wahrer Seelenfreund ist wahrscheinlich der wichtigste Mensch, den du je treffen wirst, weil er deine Mauern niederreißt und dich ohrfeigt, bis du aufwachst."
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert

15. "Perhaps I am his hope. But then she is his present. And if she is his present, I am not his present. Therefore, I am not, and I wonder why no-one has noticed I am dead and taken the trouble to bury me. For I am utterly collapsed. I lounge with glazed eyes, or weep tears of sheer weakness.All people seem criminally irrelevant. I ignore everyone and everything, and, if crossed or interrupted in my decay, hate. Nature is only the irking weather and flowers crude reminders of stale states of being."
Author: Elizabeth Smart

16. "Mackenzie raises her hand proudly. "I have a bagina." I smirk. "Yes, you do sweetheart. And someday, it's gonna help you rule the world."
Author: Emma Chase

17. "French girls still have the Jane Birkin culture. You can go just like that, without makeup, without managing your hair."
Author: Emmanuelle Alt

18. "Each of us has a family tree full of stories inside of us, Dirk thought. Each of us has a story blossoming out of us."
Author: Francesca Lia Block

19. "I'm not really that keen on mainstream; I'm not interested in doing the normal films. I do tend to go for the quirky, different scripts."
Author: Gina Bellman

20. "Meitä ihmisiä on maan päällä kahta lajia. Toiset tarvitsevat muita viihdyttämään ja virkistämään itseään, antamaan itselleen tekemistä; yksinäisyys uuvuttaa, riuduttaa ja masentaa heitä kuin nousu hirmuiselle jäätikölle tai kulkeminen autiomaan halki, ja toisia muut ihmiset päinvastoin väsyttävät, ikävystyttävät, vaivaavat ja kangistavat, mutta eristäytyminen tyynnyttää heitä ja täyttää heidät levollisuudella heidän saadessaan olla yksin omien ajatustensa ja oikkujensa kanssa."
Author: Guy De Maupassant

21. "(...] Reklameobjekt, Basis für Schwindelunternehmungen, beliebtester Boden für Kitschfabrikation. (...)Ersatz und Talmi-Nachahmung eines Gefühls. Wir tun einmal im Jahre so, als legten wir großen Wert auf schöne Gefühle, als ließen wir es uns herzlich gern etwas kosten, ein Fest unserer Seele zu feiern. (...) Dies Gefühl trägt alle Merkmale der Sentimentalität. Denn Sentimentalität ist das Sich-Erlaben an Gefühlen, die man in Wirklichkeit nicht ernst genug nimmt, um ihnen irgendein Opfer zu bringen, um sie irgend je zur Tat zu machen."
Author: Hermann Hesse

22. "Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind, after nature has long since discharged them from external direction (naturaliter maiorennes), nevertheless remains under lifelong tutelage, and why it is so easy for others to set themselves up as their guardians. It is so easy not to be of age. If I have a book which understands for me, a pastor who has a conscience for me, a physician who decides my diet, and so forth, I need not trouble myself. I need not think, if I can only pay - others will easily undertake the irksome work for me.That the step to competence is held to be very dangerous by the far greater portion of mankind..."
Author: Immanuel Kant

23. "Ibuku menyodori pisau, "Potong jari kakimu. Kelak jika kau jadi ratu, kau tak akan terlalu banyak berjalan. Jadi kau tak membutuhkannya." Maka kuambil pisau itu dan kugigit bibirku saat aku berusaha memutuskan ibu jari kakiku. Kubuang bagian kecil tubuhku itu ke tempat sampah untuk menjadi santapan anjing. Kini kusadari, Nak, dunia ini memang penuh dengan sepatu kekecilan yang hanya menerima orang-orang termutilasi.(Perempuan Buta Tanpa Ibu Jari)"
Author: Intan Paramaditha

24. "I smile, she blushes.I smirk, she slaps me on the arm, softly.I breathe, because it's easy around her."
Author: J.R. Richardson

25. "From Out of the Darkness (book 2):Zoe met Eric's eyes. Even in her platforms she was still a few inches shorter than he was. "And what do you do?"His mouth quirked. "I set people on fire."
Author: Jaime Rush

26. "After climbing off his bike, I smacked his shoulder. "Did you forget I was with you? Are you trying to get me killed?""It's hard to forget you're behind me when your thighs are squeezing the life out of me." A smirk came with his next thought. "I couldn't think of a better way to die, actually.""There is something very wrong with you."
Author: Jamie McGuire

27. "Ya lied to me and put yerself in danger. If the Three hadn't ripped you apart, those two bastards would have. Ya gotta listen to me girl. I've been down this road myself.'Riley Smirked. ‘Those guys wanted to party with you too?"
Author: Jana Oliver

28. "Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and their generosity, their quarrels and their kindnesses - the lives of quilters became a natural subject for me. Quilting wove together my two themes as completely and effortlessly as I could have hoped."
Author: Jennifer Chiaverini

29. "Speaking of banging, when's McSailor getting home?" Kirsten's smirk was the size of Texas.Sophie had to smile. "Crude. You're crude, roomie."
Author: Jennifer Lane

30. "A reneszánsz szellemének egyik legfobb jellegzetessége a valóság figyelemre méltó tényei utáni határtalan tudásvágy s e tények befogadásának korlátlan mértéke. Az emberek nem tudtak betelni a tanulságos történetekkel, a különlegességekkel, ritkaságokkal, anomáliákkal. Egyenlore nyoma sem volt a késobbi korok szellemi émelygésének, amikor már nem tudtak megbirkózni a valósággal, mely semmiképp sem volt többé a szájuk ízének való; most még boségesen áradt az élvezet."
Author: Johan Huizinga

31. "[A]ber eigentlich ist doch gerade ein starker Wille das Markenzeichen des schwachen Menschen. Denn als solcher muss er ständig etwas wollen. Er muss wirken und werken, probieren und trainieren, derweil dem Starken alles wie von selbst gelingt."
Author: Juli Zeh

32. "Nur wenn ihr vom Fluß der Stille trinkt, werdet ihr wirklich singen.Und wenn ihr den Gipfel des Berges erreicht habt, dann werdet ihr anfangen zu steigen.Und wenn die Erde eure Glieder fordert, dann werdet ihr wahrhaft tanzen."
Author: Kahlil Gibran

33. "Bir gün, güzellik ve çirkinlik bir deniz kiyisinda karsilastilar ve dediler, 'haydi denize girelim.' Giysilerini çikartip suda yüzdüler. Bir süre sonra, çirkinlik kiyiya dönüp, güzelligin giysilerine büründü ve yoluna gitti. Güzellik de denizden çikti, kendi giysilerini bulamadi; ama çiplak olmak utandiriyordu onu, çaresiz çirkinligin giysilerine büründü ve yoluna devam etti güzellik. O gün bugündür, erkekler ve kadinlar onlari birbirine karistirir. Ancak içlerinden güzelligin yüzünü önceden görmüs kimileri vardir ki, giysilerine bakmaksizin tanirlar onu. Ve yine çirkinligin yüzünü bilen kimileri vardir ki, gözlerinden tanirlar çirkinligi."
Author: Kahlil Gibran

34. "You are the strangest girl I've ever met," he said, like he thought I was joking. He picked up his water bottle and gave me a sideways glance. "Have you ever kissed anybody?" he asked, and took a sip.I smirked. "There aren't a whole lot of opportunities in the digital world. I did practice on my hand once. It didn't do anything for me."Justin coughed on the water he was swallowing and I slapped my hand over my mouth."Did I just say that out loud?" I mumbled.He was half coughing, half laughing. "Yes, you did," he managed to say."Delete, delete, delete," I said, and pushed an imaginary button in the air. "I really miss that feature.""No, that's the good stuff. People always want to delete the good stuff." His eyes lit up. "That's a cool idea, though. What would you say, right now, if you could immediately delete it, so no one read it?"
Author: Katie Kacvinsky

35. "Det blev litt festmat efter kirketid en søndag, og gjesterne de var bare Karolus og hans kone Ane Maria, foruten naturligvis Ezra og Hosea og August, det blev intet gilde, bare en liten velkomst med kjøt av høstens nye slagt og suppe med ris og rosiner i."
Author: Knut Hamsun

36. "He ran toward the light. When he passed the corpse of his dead friend, he began to weep again. He picked up his sword. He tried to smash a crystal window with its hilt. The corridor oppressed him. Beyond the windows, the dead brains drifted. He ran on.'You should have done it,'whispered Birkin Grif in the soft spaces of his skull; and, 'OUROBUNDOS!'giggled the insane door, as he fell through it and in to the desert wind. His cloak cracking and whipping about him, so that he resembled a crow with broken wings, he stumbled toward the black air-boat. His mind mocked him. His face was wet.He threw himself into the command-bridge. Green light swam about him, and the dead Northmen stared blindly at him as he turned on the power. He did not choose a direction, it chose him. Under full acceleration, he fled out into the empty sky."
Author: M. John Harrison

37. "The quirky little melodrama that unfolded in Bosnia on 28 June 1914 played the same role in the history of the world as might a wasp sting on a chronically ailing man who is maddened into abandoning a sickbed to devote his waning days to destroying the nest"
Author: Max Hastings

38. "I like playing dark, offbeat, quirky characters."
Author: Mischa Barton

39. "I remember you – thirty percent off boardshorts," he said, smirking slightly. I couldn't believe he remembered that. It had been weeks ago."They're down to fifty percent off now," I said. "If you want a deal, there are still some left." I wanted to smack myself in the head. I could not believe I was flirting by talking about a sale at work. I was a conversational moron."
Author: Monica Alexander

40. "Being human doesn't mean you're weak, it just means you're subject to the same little quirks and foibles as the rest of us—for which you should be grateful."
Author: Patricia Ryan

41. "Drømme tåler ikke å bli virkeliggjort, sier dikterne, for da dør de. Her gikk den lys levende og i all sin høireiste glans like lukt ind i sin jordiske inkarnation - i et fjorten hundrede meters eventyrslott av sølvgrå granitt."
Author: Peter Wessel Zapffe

42. "My acting career began when I walked into a drama school class run by Anna Scher in Islington. Anna discovered a lot of people: Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Gary and Martin Kemp, and Dexter Fletcher were among my contemporaries."
Author: Phil Daniels

43. "If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public."
Author: Rachel Maddow

44. "Sin stared at him before shaking his head and pulling out his gun. "And you say I'm the one with a blond obsession."Emilio's expression morphed into a glare and he cocked his own weapon. "Shut the fuck up."Sin hesitated for only a moment more before following Emilio out into the office. Sin couldn't help the small, self-satisfied smirk from ghosting across his features.One point for Vega junior."
Author: Santino Hassell

45. "In other words, after Winthrop has acquired all his butter firkins, food stirrers, and beer along with six dozen candles, twenty thousand biscuits, and twenty-nine sides of beef, he goes through the Bible and writes down a bunch of verses commanding him to be willing to cheerfully give all that stuff away. My firkin is your firkin being one of Christianity's primary creeds."
Author: Sarah Vowell

46. "Kai neturi pinigu, butinai norisi ka nors pirkti."
Author: Sigitas Parulskis

47. "Seorang filsuf Yunani pernah berkata bahwa nasib terbaik adalah tidak dilahirkan, yang kedua dilahirkan tapi mati muda, dan tersial adalah umur tua(Catatan Seorang Demonstran, h. 96)"
Author: Soe Hok Gie

48. "*The disc's greatest lovers were undoubtedly Mellius and Gretelina, whose pure, passionate and soul-searing affair would have scorched the pages of History if they had not, because of some unexplained quirk of fate, been born two hundred years apart on different continents. However, the gods took pity on them and turned him into an ironing board** and her into a small brass bollard.**When you're a god, you don't have to have reasons."
Author: Terry Pratchett

49. "I lived in the Quarter for two years, but in the end I got tired of Birmingham businessmen smirking around Bourbon Street and the homosexuals and patio connoisseurs on Royal Street."
Author: Walker Percy

50. "Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror."
Author: William H. Macy

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