“ If you assume that the new - and simply because it's new - is always to be better than the old, chances are you've never known anything valuable. Criss Jami
“ Language is changing constantly; printing and modern education have slowed it but have not stopped it. Given all this change, when, exactly, was language PERFECT, in the language pundit's mind? One ha… Robert Lane Greene
“ The Murchisons are honest-to-God-real-foe-rich colored people, and the only people in the world who are more snobbish than rich white people are rich colored people. I though everybody knew that. Lorraine Hansberry
“ Can I help you?" he said, in a manner which indicated very clearly that not only did he not wish to help them, but also that he resented the implication that he ought to Graham Austin-King
“ We had enough quite enough snobbery in this world without exporting it to the hereafter. Rick Riordan
“ I hate this complete obsession with class, especially at this place, you can hardly say 'hello' to anyone before they are getting all prolier-than-thou and telling you about how their dad's a one eyed… David Nicholls
“ Mmm, being irresistibly likeable is such a trial,' she drawled in an impeccable aristocratic whine. 'One is constantly in demand, but one must do one's duty, mustn't one, dear chap? Noblesse oblige an… Susan Napier
“ What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book. Brent Weeks
“ You are perfectly right in objecting to them [modern art], for this one great fault - that they have not yet had time to become old. Alexandre Dumas
“ I am no novel-reader -- I seldom look into novels -- Do not imagine that I often read novels -- It is really very well for a novel." Such is the common cant. "And what are you reading, Miss -- ?" "Oh!… Jane Austen
“ I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions… Helen Keller
