“The Atmosphere was not helped by my mother laughing openly at their Christmas tree, on which were arranged twenty-five gingerbread man, each hanging by their necks from a noose-like silver ribbon. “I thought you were against the death penalty, Tania” she said."

"A weekend of non-stop toil. The washing, ironing, folding, putting away of clothes! The washing, drying and putting away of crockery! The sucking up dirt from the floors! The endless wiping of surfaces! The Constant preperation of food! I should have a woman to do all this for me. A woman I don't have to pay. A wife."

She was staring straight at me. Her eyes were brown. Okay, maybe I look rich, but I wouldn't let some 'Cliffie-even one with pretty eyes-call me dumb. "What the hell makes you so smart?" I asked.
"I wouldn't go for coffee with you," she answered.
"Listen-I wouldn't ask you."
"That," she replied, "is what makes you stupid."

["Love Story", Erich Segal]

"To complete our catalogue of family misery, Grandma was admitted to the hospital during the early hours of this morning with abdominal pain. I rang the hospital this afternoon and was told by the ward sister the Grandma was 'comfortable'. If this is true, than she is the only member of this family who is - the rest of us are in total misery" ("Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years" by Sue Townsend)

"...and said he was sorry he rang to school to complain about the hedge-clippers. He said he was lonely and wanted to hear human voice. If I was the loneliest person in the world I wouldn't phone up our school. I would ring the speaking clock; that talks to you every ten seconds" ("The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" by Sue Townsend)

(האב מדבר) "He threw it at the wall and said he wasn't a ******* mouse he was a ******* man and my mother said it was along time since he had done any *******!" ("The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" by Sue Townsend)