Any one can find places, but the finding of people is a gift from God.
dragonpinkie8268цитирует8 лет назад
don't mean by that that he has bad manners--and he will not keep his opinions to himself
dragonpinkie8268цитирует8 лет назад
I was hoping that he was nice; I do so always hope that people will be nice."
Bram Van Langenцитирует3 дня назад
Not that, but the congratulations. It is so disgusting, the way an engagement is regarded as public property—a kind of waste place where every outsider may shoot his vulgar sentiment.
Bram Van Langenцитирует5 дней назад
It might be possible to be nice to her; it was impossible to love her.
Bram Van Langenцитирует6 дней назад
Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than to achieve themselves. Indirectly, by means of tact and a spotless name, a lady could accomplish much. But if she rushed into the fray herself she would be first censured, then despised, and finally ignored.
Bram Van Langenцитирует6 дней назад
They pry everywhere, they see everything, and they know what we want before we know it ourselves. We are at their mercy. They read our thoughts, they foretell our desires. From the cabdriver down to—to Giotto, they turn us inside o
Bram Van Langenцитирует6 дней назад
another day, when the whole world was singing and the air ran into the mouth, like wine, she would refuse to stir from the drawing-room, saying that she was an old thing, and no fit companion for a hearty girl.
Bram Van Langenцитирует6 дней назад
The expedition was typical of Miss Bartlett, who would return cold, tired, hungry, and angelic, with a ruined skirt, a pulpy Baedeker, and a tickling cough in her throat.
Bram Van Langenцитирует6 дней назад
Indeed, he no longer alarmed her at all; she regarded him as a kind thing, but quite silly.