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Killjoys Quotes

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Gerard Way
“Would you destroy Something perfect in order to make it beautiful?”
Gerard Way

Sara Ahmed
“Let's take the figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. One feminist project could be to give the killjoy back her voice. Whilst hearing feminists as killjoys might be a form of dismissal, there is an agency that this dismissal rather ironically reveals. We can respond to the accusation with a "yes.”
Sara Ahmed, The Promise of Happiness

Sam Hamm
“The antidote to joy is dread.”
Sam Hamm, Batman: Blind Justice

Stewart Stafford
“There could be no half-measures,
Nothing half-done,
Oh, stopping Christmas would be so much fun!”
Stewart Stafford

Steven Pinker
“…at the other end of the shelf, the ubiquity of metaphor in everyday language is truly a surprising discovery, rich with implications. Even the killjoy has to admit that metaphors were alive in the minds of the original coiners and compelling to the early adopters.”
Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

“We're here to work, not to make friends,”
Tandec2016

Stewart Stafford
“Don't let the bearers of bad news become the pallbearers of your happiness.”
Stewart Stafford

Sara Ahmed
“You can kill joy by not looking happy enough.”
Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life

Sara Ahmed
“To be a killjoy is often to be assigned as being emotional, too emotional; letting your feelings get in the way of your judgment; letting your feelings get in the way. Your feelings can be the site of a rebellion. A feminist heart beats the wrong way; feminism is hearty.”
Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life