“I smiled back, the importance of manners, my mother always said, is inversely related to how inclined one is to use them, or, in other words, sometimes politeness is all that stands between oneself and madness.”
― Great House
― Great House
“And when he catches me looking at him, he gives me this incredibly sweet, calm smile, and I think that we've got our lives ahead of us, our whole lives.”
― No and Me
― No and Me
“Combien de choses nous servoyent hier d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?
How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?”
― The Complete Essays
How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?”
― The Complete Essays
“In the meantime: (1) be direct; (2) remember that, being smarter than men, women respond to courtesy and kindness; (3) if you want to know what kind of a wife someone will make, observe her around her father and mother; (4) as to who gets out of the elevator first, I just can't help you.”
― Some Freaks
― Some Freaks
“Good or bad, do it as you. Too many lies and there's no truth to go back to.”
― Monstrous Regiment
― Monstrous Regiment
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