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Irony? Irony can never be more than our own personal Maginot line; the drawing of it, for the most part, purely arbitrary.

Irony? Irony can never be more than our own personal Maginot line; the drawing of it, for the most part, purely arbitrary.
– Mark Z Danielewski

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  3. Time will do his own drawing upon us but we will do our own drawing upon time as well! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  4. The ultimate obscenity is not caring, not doing something about what you feel, not feeling! Just drawing back and drawing in, becoming narcissistic. – Rod Serling
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  7. Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. – GK Chesterton
  8. If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing – Bangambiki Habyarimana
  9. First, there will be no kidnapping. I know you’re stronger and bigger and have magic and crap, but I’m drawing the line at kidnapping. – Carrie Ann Ryan
  10. We are all different. God made us that way. Drawing a line in the sand due to that is indeed unfortunate. – Jill Telford
  11. The ink line drawing flowed the cursive journey,created on paper canvas that brought the story to life. – Jazz Feylynn
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  15. Sometimes it’s just silent…No sound at all.’Does that scare you?’Chad nods. ‘Why?’ asks his father.’It’s like something’s waiting. – Mark Z Danielewski
  16. I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often I should be used to them by now. I’m not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares. – Mark Z Danielewski
  17. Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful. – Mark Z Danielewski
  18. Some people reflect lightSome deflect itYou by some miracleSeem to collect it – Mark Z Danielewski
  19. Do not wake me from this slumber, but be assured that just as I have wept much, I have also wandered many roads with my thoughts. – Mark Z Danielewski
  20. My dear girl, is it that you are so lonely that you had to create this? – Mark Z Danielewski
  21. Here then at long last is my darkness. No cry of light, no glimmer, not even the faintest shard of hope to break free across the hold. – Mark Z Danielewski
  22. Of course real horror does not depend upon the melodrama of shadows or even the conspiracies of night. – Mark Z Danielewski
  23. And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence. – Mark Z Danielewski
  24. Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of -˜not knowing. – Mark Z Danielewski
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  28. That’s the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm. – Christopher Moore
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  33. Be extremely careful when using irony: bear in mind that irony might bean overture for sarcasm. – Eraldo Banovac
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  40. I value my privacy, and if sometimes my actions seem strange or arbitrary or capricious, I do not want them challenged. – George RR Martin

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