People have been adding the ‘F word’ into lines of literature – 19 instant classics

11.

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where the fuck you might be swept off to.” – Bilbo Baggins https://t.co/F37uhXurhX

— Oisín McGann (@OisinMcGann) January 25, 2022

12.

On Monday he ate through one apple, but he was still FUCKING hungry

— LynseyCakes (@customcakes1) January 25, 2022

13.

All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own fucking way https://t.co/rFx8zCWWch

— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) January 26, 2022

14.

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the fucking flowers herself" https://t.co/ITYGbZAF7g

— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) January 25, 2022

15.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a fucking wife https://t.co/yzZDVDpdvF

— Gita Jackson (@xoxogossipgita) January 26, 2022

16.

Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the fucking air-raids

— Kevin Hague (@kevverage) January 25, 2022

17.

"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like fucking carelessness." – Oscar Wilde
1/#AddFWordToLiterature https://t.co/A6N2PbkUXH

— My name is Declan (@DeclanChellar) January 26, 2022

18.

To be or not to be. That is the fucking question.

— Joe Leydon (@JoeLeydon) January 25, 2022

19.

"Yerr a fuckin' wizard, 'arry."

— Jim (@staxringold) January 25, 2022

Bonus

Actor Samuel West tweaked a quote from Hamlet – and gave an excellent free tip for actors.

“Oh what a rogue and peasant fucking slave am I.”

Full disclosure: I did put this in a lot in rehearsals. “Fucking” is my favourite emphatic. It fits everywhere. If you aren’t beating yourself up enough as Hamlet, pop it in. Just remember to take it out again before Press Night

— Samuel West (@exitthelemming) January 25, 2022

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