Antithesis
Pedantic
Allegory
Anachronism
Litotes
Invective
Non Sequitur
Aphorism
Colloquialism
Epigram
Euphemism
“A knave, a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave … and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel"
"When I said I have to lay you off a parallel universe was born in his face"
"I ain't gonna drink a soda."
“To err is human; to forgive divine.”
"I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small."
J.R.R. Tolkien fought in World War I, and The Lord of the Rings serves as an explanation of the events of that war.
“What are you doing?” Yossarian asked guardedly when he entered the tent, although he saw at once. “When I was a kid,” Orr replied, “I used to walk around all day with crab apples in my cheeks. One in each cheek.”
BRUTUS: Peace! Count the clock. CASSIUS: The clock hath stricken three. TREBONIUS: ‘Tis time to part.
“Well, it is a good book, and everyone should read it. The notion is that if we aren’t to look out then our whole culture shall be submerged. It’s mostly scientific but it has all been proven…"
"Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret."
"That title from a better man I stole: Ah, how much better, had I stol’n the whole."