Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words. — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
“Do not make it my complaint, Simon.” Her voice was firm but her look contained love and a little amusement as well… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Girls marry for love. Boys marry because of a chronic irritation that causes them to gravitate in the direction of objects with… — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
There aren't many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
Being short and seeing a promoter take the stock up is very irritating. It's not worth it to have that much irritation… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
We provide both irritation and inspiration for each other- the grist for each other's pearl making. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
The . . . increase in the power of officials is a constant source of irritation to everybody else. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
April frowned, irritation evident. “I did not consent to your presence,” she said peevishly. “Please depart, and attempt your political assassination on… — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“I picked it up, stared at it, and thought: Why am I the one bending and lifting while he sits downstairs complaining… — Belinda Kelderhouse Copy Share Image
Such loyalty is admirable, of course,” said Scrimgeour, who seemed to be restraining his irritation with difficulty, “but Dumbledore is gone, Harry.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“All the Kamals were fluent in irritation. They loved each other but were almost always annoyed by each other, in ways that… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“When the mind experiences something distasteful it craves to be rid of the irritation. When the mind experiences something pleasant, it craves… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I don't, as my mom would say, sweat the small stuff in our relationship. Because when I think of day-to-day irritations that… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
A man who knows the court is master of his gestures, of his eyes and of his face; he is profound, impenetratable;… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“All marriages are like this. The component parts are contempt and irritation because we know each other by heart, by rote; we're… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
And they did have fun, though it was of different kind now. All that yearning and passion had been replaced by a… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought… — Conrad Hyers Copy Share Image
One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
“The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritation gets into his shell. He does not like them. But when he… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
“Whenever you feel that someone is angry or someone has collided with you, you always think that he is responsible. This is… — Osho Copy Share Image
If there is anything worse than the aching tedium of staring out of car windows, it is the irritation of getting tickets,… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
“A thorough inspection of someone you believed to be loveable will send you back into your shell if all you saw in… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation.,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nothing is burdensome if taken lightly, and nothing need arouse one's irritation so long as one doesn't make it bigger than it… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
I had irritation from a belly-button ring, just constantly taking it in and out, causing irritation and got a rash down there. — Chris Sale Copy Share Image
To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and… — Gordon W. Allport Copy Share Image
The message we give our bodies - one of irritation or acceptance - is the message to which our bodies will answer. — Debbie Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I knew that my crazy was no longer a quirk, a simple matter of a cracked finger pad. Now, it was an… — John Green Copy Share Image
In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“E poi quando si è con Tancredi ci si può forse irritare qualche volta, ma non ci si annoia mai; e questo… — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
Turns out that people who try new things, go new places, learn new skills, etc. are happier. This can be tough, because… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's a coffee cup." She could hear the irritation in her own voice. "I know it's a coffee cup." "I can't wait… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation,… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
“And if I wasn't able to bar anger, or her insidious cousin, irritation, From my heart, at least some of the time… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
Embracing conflict can be a joy when we know that irritation and frustration can lead to growth and the re-engergizing of ourselves… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
