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Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(1831-2) The Convict
The Monthly Magazine
“They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.”
Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American writer
Cold Turkey (2004)
Context: Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.
“How sweet to be an idiot
At my back
With no fear of attack
As much retaliation as a toy.”
Neil Innes (1944–2019) British comic songwriter
How sweet to be an idiot (1973).
“Welcome to the island of misfit toys”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“My eyes were running because there were pieces of zombie all over my toys, Jesus.”
Laurell K. Hamilton book The Laughing Corpse
Anita after a zombie attack
Source: Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, The Laughing Corpse (1994)
“I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.”
Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004) American actor and comedian
“Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.”
Ferdinand Foch (1851–1929) French soldier and military theorist
Les avions sont des jouets intéressants mais n'ont aucune utilité militaire
Said in 1911 as quoted Time : A Traveler's Guide (1998) by Clifford A. Pickover, p. 249