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Don't tell me," Jace said, "Simon's turned himself into an ocelot and you want me to do something about it before Isabelle makes him into a stole. Well, you'll have have to wait till tomorrow. I'm out of commission." He pointed at himself - he was wearing blue pajamas with a hole in the sleeve. "Look. Jammies.""Jace," Clary said, "this is important.""Don't tell me," he said. "You've got a drawing emergency. You need a nude model. Well, I'm not in the mood. You could always ask Hodge," he said as an afterthought. "I hear he'll do anything for a -""JACE!" she interrupted him, her voice rising to a scream. "JUST SHUT UP FOR A SECOND AND LISTEN, WILL YOU?

— Cassandra Clare
Humor

The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.

— Jay McInerney
Humor Friendship Family

I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.

— Madonna
Humor Women

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

— Will Rogers
Inspirational Humor

Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.

— Tamora Pierce
Humor

He was my mum and dad's best friend. He's a convicted murderer, but he's broken out of wizard prison and he's on the run. He likes to keep in touch with me, though...keep up with my news...check if I'm happy...

— J.K. Rowling
Humor

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

— Dorothy Parker
Humor Art & Beauty

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

— Douglas Adams
Humor

Don't be so humble - you are not that great.

— Golda Meir
Humor

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

— Irina Dunn
Humor Women

What are all these?" Clary asked."Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, "electrum wire - not much use at the moment but it's always good to have spares - silver bullets, charms of protetion, crucifixes, stars of David-""Jesus," said Clary"I doubt he'd fit.""Jace." Clary was appalled.

— Cassandra Clare
Humor

Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.

— Dr. Seuss
Humor

Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.

— Suzanne Collins
Humor

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

— George Carlin
Inspirational Humor

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

— Bette Midler
Inspirational Humor Friendship Success Happiness

World quotes adapted from the Abirate/english_quotes dataset (CC BY 4.0). Indian-figure and Hindi/Urdu quotes are a curated compilation of widely-attributed public sayings.