Charlus Quote by Marcel Proust

“Not to be rude, but it was all pointless," I noted from across the room. Four eyes narrowed at me. "What? I said 'not…

— Molly Harper

“no one enjoys being around a rude person.”

— Alex Kendrick

“But, don’t you see, since we happened to have M. de Cambremer here, and he is a Marquis, while you are only a Baron.…

— Marcel Proust

“He was rude, and I liked him on the spot— I even grinned full-blown. Rude was honest. I could trust rude.”

— Anna Scarlett

“He wanted to talk and had nothing to say.”

— Samuel R. Delany

“My tone must have seemed hostile, even though I wasn’t angry or offended; there was just a touch of sarcasm. He tried to respond…

— Elena Ferrante

“He was so diplomatic he hardly spoke at all...”

— Dave Duncan

“That same cool, formal tone. Not mocking or vicious, just overly polite, without emotion. My stomach clenched, and words froze to the back of…

— Julie Kagawa

“In this world, there is no such sternness like that of maintaining silence. Verbal sternness will be wasted.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“He had been so friendly, and he had shown clearly that he did not think me in the least stupid--or, if he did, he…

— Jean Plaidy

“I remembered Father remarking once that if rudeness was not attributable to ignorance it could be taken as a sure sign that one was…

— Alan Bradley

“And he had heard the conversation, and hadn’t enjoyed it much either, because he kept on thinking that the others were taking no notice…

— C.S. Lewis