Irritating people Quote by D.J. Taylor

“The pair stood in long silence. Another thing Eilidh missed. Humans rushed everywhere, filled every moment with noise. They lacked the discipline of quiet.”

— India Drummond

“Separation! They were very much alike in ideas and temperament, and just then they were helping each other as much as they could. But…

— Henri Barbusse

“They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had…

— Dan Brown

“...they knew each other as much as they knew themselves, and their intimacy, rather like too many suitcases, was a matter of perpetual concern;…

— Ian McEwan

“they were two people thrown together on a journey, who found themselves sharing the same railway compartment and becoming resigned to each other’s company.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“The two lads were told to wash their hands. The recent thrill of adventure had been superseded by another sort of excitement. They locked…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“My feelings-let's hold on to this idea of them as shuffling Victorians, let's make them servants, an entire uniformed household staff- were fresh, raw,…

— Joan Wickersham

“Mates such as they must stand by one another”

— Mary Grant Bruce

“The burdens that one person alone can shoulder...aren't very big at all, I think. So it's a good thing that they're a "pair." It's…

— Hotaru Odagiri

“It was an unpleasant scene; the twins had evidently been trying to smuggle as many toffees out of the house as possible, and it…

— J.K. Rowling

“Each was anxious to play the part fate had allotted to him, and each was dimly conscious of an inability to remain confined in…

— Edith Wharton

“That was how troubles arrived, mourners rushing the bar at a wake. Though they came in funereal flocks, they could be dismissed only one…

— Michael Chabon