“You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant."
"We live in cynical times, Miss Cain.”
Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer
Source: Death Bringer
“Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.”
“I ain’t cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin’ the truth’s not cynical, is it?”
“The way you tell it, it is.”
— Harper Lee, book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
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Source: Cakes and Ale: Or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930), p. 137
“You're such a cynic," Molly said.
"I think cynics are playful and cute.”
Jim Butcher book Changes
Source: The Dresden Files, Changes (2010), Chapter 6
Context: Molly Carpenter: Wrote the Laws of Magic, founded the White Council, was custodian of one of the Swords and established a stronghold for the Council, too. He must have been something else.
Harry Dresden: He must have been a real bastard. Guys who get their name splashed all over history and folklore don't tend to be Boy Scout troop leaders.
Molly Carpenter: You're such a cynic.
Harry Dresden: I think cynics are playful and cute.
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.”
Lillian Hellman The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes (1939)
“When you don’t love yourself, you become cynical(bitter) and negative towards life.”
Nithyananda (1978) Indian guru
Living Enlightenment
Edward Abbey book Hayduke Lives
Hayduke Lives (1990)
Lindsey Davis book Last Act in Palmyra
Last Act in Palmyra
Context: I asked why Grumio had had to turn to lesser things.'No call. In my father or grandfather's day all I would have needed in life were my cloak and shoes, my flask and strigil, a cup and knife to take to dinner, and a small wallet for my earnings. Everyone who could find the wherewithal would eagerly ask a wandering jokesmith in.'
'Sounds just like being a vagrant philosopher!'
'A cynic,' he agreed readily. 'Exactly. Most cynics are witty and all clowns are cynical. Meet us on the road, and who could tell the difference?’
'Me, I hope! I'm a good Roman. I'd take a five-mile detour to avoid a philosopher.'</p
“Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.”
Colum McCann book TransAtlantic
Source: TransAtlantic
Friedrich Nietzsche Untimely Meditations
§ 2.1, cited in Peter Sloterdijk, Critique of Cynical Reason (1987), p. ix
Untimely Meditations (1876)
John Updike book Rabbit Redux
"Just middle-aged. Ideas used to grab me too. It's not that you get better ideas, the old ones just get tired. After a while, you see that even dollars and cents are just an idea. Finally the only thing that matters is putting some turds in the toilet bowl once a day. They stay real, somehow. Somebody came up to me and said, 'I'm God,' I'd say, 'Show me your badge.'"
Rabbit Redux (1969)