“A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.”
“A joke was the best barometer for mental weather.”
“There is a sort of mental treasonThat smothers dreams outside of reason”
“Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch....”
“Where did you find construction guys swapping dirty jokes in proto-Númenorean?” Aura asked.“On construction sites. Is that coffee ready?”
“He probably would've raised an eyebrow in that annoying/hot way he had, and made a dirty joke about Elodie possessing me.”