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“It seemed enough for her to just deal with whatever it was that came her way, calmly and without fuss.”

— Han Kang

“She was good at that, repressing her feelings, disguising them as something else. Sometimes she thought it was the only thing she was good…

— Nicole Ciacchella

“Don't be so damned patronizing. Your performance so far has been a little less than dazzling." "I didn't mean no harm," I said and…

— Dashiell Hammett

“As far as how to treat her personally, she’ll teach us how if we let her. But it begins with listening and respect.”

— Scott Rhine

“She spoke softly and gently, like our ears needed respect, and she carried the worries of the world on her shoulders so that we…

— Gemma Liviero

“She meant it, and as she spoke, she thought how strange it was that we so very rarely said complimentary things to our friends,…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“Had her conduct been more friendly toward me, I would have felt sorry for her. She was a pretty little thing.”

— Harper Lee

“Heartache, to her, coursed through everything--which was as it should be, since people needed it to make them kind.”

— Rebecca Barry

“She always said that she respected and liked us all equally, and I have to say that that attitude didn't go down well with…

— Jamaica Kincaid

“It was suddenly heartachingly clear how much he wanted this and how easy it was to imagine it with near provocative clarity. She was…

— Jessica Park

“His gaze was so soft that she would like to wrap herself with it.”

— Kristen Heitzmann

“The closest she got to pretence was politeness.”

— Alan Bennett