The countryside is incredibly boring. There's lots of shagging, lots of murders, lots of sarcasm, lots of treachery, and lots of bad cooking, but it's all hidden. You've got all the space and the flowers, but it's dull!

Most thoughtful,"...[he said] politely. This cheerfulness was ambiguous, Had she determined to ignore ...[the] coup entirely--an established tactic, most irritating to the innovator but hard to sustain over long periods of time--or had she already evolved her counter-strategy?

My natural-born sarcasm, when it's unimpeded, can be a bit overbearing at times and I'm the first to admit that.

The sarcasm made a slight whistling noise as it flew over Loafers' head.

It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.