puns

There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle readers, but I do not make so to the point of being so complex that they will lose interest in the plot. And that for me is the essence of every great literature around the world, and that__ been so for ages.(....)Some were inpired by real life characters, some other books I wrote are hybrid fiction/non-fiction, so I pretty much get inspired by people who have lived, and even who are still breathing among us_ so don__ get discouraged if I didn__ mention your personality traits yet. I might even have your name over my books, I must some day_

It is still cheating, even if nobody comes.

But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt like a class traitor every time he wore it. He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

Impersonating a quiet, gentle librarian like Barbara Gordon--You deserve to be taken out of circulation!

Also not the kind of place to hide a server.""Is that another pun?" She asked."No! I swear! I didn't mean that one."~Shell Game, Kingdom Keepers #5

If I had to pick another career, I'd be an optometrist for potatoes. That's where the money is.

Yeah 'ear 'ear," said George, with half a glance at Fred, the corner of whose mouth twitched.

How are you going to make it move? It doesn't have a _ " "Be very quiet," advised the duke, "for it goes without saying."And, sure enough, as soon as they were all quite still, it began to move quickly through the streets, and in a very short time they arrived at the royal palace.

A so-called antimony war had been waged between French [Galenist] physicians and [alchemical, Paracelsian] iatrochemists since the beginning of the seventeenth century. What it lacked in bloodletting, this war made up for in bile.

Khione__ eyes flared pure white. For once, she seemed at a loss for words. She stormed back up the stairs__iterally. Halfway up, she turned into a blizzard and disappeared.

Skinny jeans were only good if you had skinny genes.

It's unpleasantly like being drunk." "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water.

Okay, you won our shitty little argument. Pass the world.

The first casualty of war is casual wear.

They talk about human rights until the rights include things they personally do not like as alternatives. There needs to be Frank discussions. And Shirley can join too because the pun works. The ideas of human beings of all demeanor and venues are at stake here.

I overreacted to praise, signing an autograph. I'd write a check to buy it back.

Jasper!_ Casey shouts, startling the young woman. __y cargo is talking to me!