“If you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.” - Stephen King
Hmm, there’s so many to choose. For a funny: “Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.” -Dresden Files Almost 4th wall breaking perfection: “Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them.” -I’m sure it’s been said in at least 50,000 places, but I recall it from The Lost Fleet: Valiant And possibly overall due to being 100% truth: “Data that conflicts with beliefs is often ignored.” -Lost Fleet: Guardian