“He did not joke, as the newspapers dared report, for sarcasm is bitter and conceals ferments of despair.”
“Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry,Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!”
“Now's not really the time for jokes," I growled.He looked offended."There's always time for sarcasm.”
“A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.”
“- It was a joke. Remember irony.- Sister of bitterness?”
“That's how we spent the day drizzling sarcasm over the truth dropping bad jokes like f-bombs...”