Lyra-parish Quote by lyra parish

“I tried my best to pretend unkind words were actually just erroneously expressed compliments, as it just made everything nicer for everybody.”

— Penny Reid

“He sneered. "I don't fancy your type." "Why, too sober? Too much self-esteem?”

— Cecily White

“He possessed that quality in his profanity of not offending by it.”

— Owen Wister

“Some things were meaner if you said them calmly.”

— Marshall Thornton

“i was delighted I had offended her upholstered sensibilities.”

— pat conroy

“Having me in the dining-room was almost the equivalent of having a Raeburn on the walls; I was classy, I was heavily varnished, and…

— Robertson Davies

“Because sometimes words were so pitifully inadequate, and I knew that, but I had to try anyway.”

— Jenny Han

“What are words if you really don't mean them when you say them?”

— Chris Medina

“Unkindness and superficiality frustrate you when they never did before.”

— Peace

“What began, after a few more minutes, to irritate him was that she didn’t even attempt to be engaging—made no effort toward wit or…

— Adelle Waldman

“This is when I learned that nice people sometimes felt they had to pretend to be mean and awful.”

— Matthew Quick

“I can see that you spoke in ignorance, and I bitterly regret that I should have been so petty as to take offence where…

— T.H. White