Quote by Sam Torode

“Malice is rare. Most men are much too concerned with themselves to be malicious.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“You are, I think, a little bit contemptuous of the way I prosecute my inquiries," he said with a twinkle.”

— Agatha Christie

“My apologies. I meant no offense." Except that his tone told her he didn't mean a word he'd just spoken.”

— Jean Oram

“there was nothing but mutual mischief.”

— Piers Anthony

“There was something reassuring about the realness of outright hostility.”

— Santino Hassell

“I decided to irritate him, on the premise that it couldn't make my situation any worse.”

— Jeff Somers

“Truly, I did not intend to harm you, he said. That was never my intention.”

— Kate DiCamillo

“I say,” he said. “What’s all this?” A man of fine breeding. Condescending even after death.”

— O.M. Grey

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

— Owen Wister

“Don't be careful with me," he said. "Because I won't be careful with you.”

— Michelle Hodkin

“I will not be threatened. Do you understand me?’ He leaned closer again, his lips less than a couple of inches from hers. ‘Now…

— Lindsay J. Pryor

“I made no threats, that was a promise.”

— George R.R. Martin