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Comedy
In a modern sense, comedy (from the Greek: κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film and stand-up comedy. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece.
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Her Favorite Clever Literary Cats: From the grammarian who wrote Eats, Shoots & Leaves comes new comic horror, Cat Out of Hell. She offers a feline top five.
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You are mad!" she snapped, her chest heaving. "And you are a devil!" "And you, my dear," Royce imperturbably replied, "are a bitch." With that, he turned to the horrified friar and unhesitatingly announced, "The lady and I wish to be wed.
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― Judith McNaught, A Kingdom of Dreams
― Judith McNaught, A Kingdom of Dreams
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She threw up her hands. "All right. Why not?" Why not?" Sure." His arms fell to his sides. "That's it? I pour my heart out. I love you so much I've got freakin' tears in my eyes. And all I get in return is 'Why not'?" What did you expect? Am I supposed to fall all over you just because you've finally come to your senses?" Would it be too much to ask?"...He'd begun to glare at her again, his eyes growing stormier by the minute."When do you think you might be ready? To fall all over me, that is.
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― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Breathing Room
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Breathing Room
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