“ You're not interesting in the least," she spat. "I don't need to be," I smiled. "That's what you need...And you're welcome to it. Donna Lynn Hope
“ I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective. Evelyn Waugh
“ If her rump were any stiffer, she'd break it every time she rides', I thought to Pounce.'If she fell on the steps, they would never be able to put her together again', he replied. Tamora Pierce
“ Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible. [on hearing a famous violinist] Samuel Johnson
“ When she told her doctor that she always wanted to keep her weight exactly the same as her IQ he gave her a lecture on anorexia. Wendy Morgan
“ Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out of malicious imputations against any character leaves a stain which no after-refutation can wipe out. To create an unfavourable impression it is not necess… William Hazlitt
“ He thought of trying to explain something he had recently noticed about himself: that if anyone insulted him, or one of his friends, he didn't really mind--or not much, anyway. Whereas if anyone insul… Julian Barnes
“ Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house. Gore Vidal
“ He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, You are an untidy person. Jim Butcher
“ I'll give you an idea of what kind of a guy he was. St. Francis would have punched him in the mouth. Gene Ferret
