Condescending Quote by Jen Turano

“...there was a general murmuring, no real words, nothing that would get anyone into trouble if the piper turned nasty, but a muttering indicating,…

— Terry Pratchett

“Lady Constance swept into the room as giddy and foolish as ever. To look at her, you would think that nothing unpleasant had ever…

— Maryrose Wood

“she hated and detested Nicholas with all the narrowness of mind and littleness of purpose worthy a descendant of the house of Squeers.”

— Charles Dickens

“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

“But Nicholas had no room for practicality when there was fun to be had. There was no one as capable of taking a seemingly…

— Sarah M. Cradit

“How I longed to tell her about Harriet--but somehow I could not. The grief in the room belonged to Porcelain and I realized, almost…

— Alan Bradley

“At last, liveried in the costume of the age, reality entered the room in the shape of a servant to tell the duchess that…

— Oscar Wilde

“Like any good Englishman, he detests emotions and prefers a healthy dose of denial and tea.”

— Feverishsea

“There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.”

— Bernard-Paul Heroux

“Sit down and tell me everything, child. Hurt feelings and hopeless despair are no match for tea and biscuits.”

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“I’m erasing myself from the narrative. Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted when you broke her heart.”

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

“In a world without melancholy, nightingales would start burping”

— E. M. Cioran