“Irony is a way of having one’s cake while appearing to eat it.” — John Updike, “A Case of Monumentality,” Transforming Vision
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“A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor—for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.” — Jessamyn West, To See the Dream
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“It is one of the ironies of life that our intimates often provoke us more than our enemies.” — Edward W. Ziegler, Reader’s Digest (November 1944)
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“Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty.” — Patrick White, The Tree of Man
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“In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.” — Mordecai Richler, Barney’s Version
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“Today everyone is a consumer and has to pick from the same selection of goods as everyone else; and because of this people now define their personalities by how good their taste is, or how clever, or how obscure, or how ironic their choices are.” — David McRaney, You Are Not So Smart
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“From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent.” — H. P. Lovecraft, “The Shunned House“
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