Culture Quote by Vivian Arend

“It was useless arguing with people like her. They had stereotyped minds that ran along grooves of stock response and the commonplace.”

— Ruth Rendell

“But experience had taught her that such arguments failed. You cannot tell people to take into account what they do not wish to know.…

— Anne Perry

“seemed no one could understand her.”

— Jacob Smith

“He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were.”

— William Golding

“What that woman said, it wasn't right. Just remember that she doesn’t know you. You can’t change the opinions of small-minded people.”

— Denise Grover Swank

“In fact, she rather liked it, and found that their mutual lack of language skills freed them from the banalities of conversation.”

— Violet Kupersmith

“She had opinions about everything, and she wasn't afraid to share them.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“... not talking about things she doesn't understand to people who do or about things she does to people who don't.”

— Frank Crowninshield

“She had to be made to understand that she can’t go mouthing off about people and not expect consequences from it.”

— Chrissy Moon

“As far as I could see, she had no opinion at all about anything that was not set directly in front of her (and…

— Haruki Murakami

“People, she thought, could be unbelievably stupid.”

— J.D. Robb

“But I do not fit well into any social mold whatsoever. That is not appealing to others.”

— Jessica Park