Quote by Jane Austen

“Mr. Palmer does not hear me," said she, laughing, "he never does sometimes. It is so ridiculous!”

— Jane Austen

“He had a temper, not a good thing. Because I had one too.”

— Nicole Williams

“Trent sighed, visibly bothered at my admittedly childish behavior, but I was hot, damn it, and needed money, and therefore I was vulnerable to…

— Kim Harrison

“Now he’s just like every other poor bloke. Trying to find a way to convince some unfortunate girl against her better judgment that he’s…

— Rosalind James

“He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the…

— Julia Quinn

“Trust me, Mr. Dalton, no one would ever confuse you with a playful little monkey. Perhaps one of those terrifying gorillas at the zoo.…

— Zoe Archer

“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.”

— David Hume

“He was half a politician, and like most of his kind he was an insecure man.”

— Ross Macdonald

“You know what people who go to nude beaches look like?" "Tell me." "People who shouldn't go to nude beaches." "Is Chili Palmer joining…

— Elmore Leonard

“...it gratified him to feel like a desperate man. He had got into the habit of seeing himself always in desperate straits. His unhappy…

— Willa Cather

“Well, there is rough old Albert, as ornery as any big brother a girl could have, putting his arm around Savannah and cooing to…

— Nancy E. Turner

When a man's temper gets the best of him, it reveals the worst of him.

— Vikrant Parsai