“Mira was scowling. It annoyed her, almost as a matter of principle, that anyone of this man's age, race, gender, wealth, and… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Will moved to object, but it was too late; Henry had already pressed the button. There was a blinding flare of light… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“And then Mum spoons the coffee a little as if she’s having fantasies of flinging it in Britt-Marie’s face. But in a… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
I get cranky real easily. So the honor of it and the wonder of it all and everything has a hard time… — Frank Stella Copy Share Image
“A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.” — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
You crush the Caterpillars, but then complain when there's no Butterflys... — Toni Watson Copy Share Image
When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But in my lab,… — Michael Dickinson Copy Share Image
Women are in bondage; their clothes are a great hindrance to their engaging in any business which will make them pecuniarily independent,… — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk ... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away! — Charlotte Alington Barnard Copy Share Image
Let's try not to be exacting with other people, but rather to pass over in silence those thousand little annoyances that tend… — Rose Philippine Duchesne Copy Share Image
He does not start guiltily, as he should, but frowns in annoyance. "Who are you?" I slip my hand through the slit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My mother repressed a shudder of apprehension, for, being more rapid in perception than my father, she grew alarmed on his account… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
Annoyance arises from the feared implication that we are copyists in subject or treatment, or both, whereas the common qualities that establish… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
My father always told us that if we will let God, He can use even our disappointements, even our annoyances to bring… — Catherine Marshall Copy Share Image
Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing.… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi. That's served in the past to create an image of me… — Demi Moore Copy Share Image
“Are you okay?" asked Finisterre. "Annoyed," I said, giving him my hand so he could heave me to my feet. "Yes, I… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don't agree with me. — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain? — Marquis de Custine Copy Share Image