#anne

It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world. ↗

— Alison Croggon

#friendship #manners #food

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks-- ↗

— Jeanne DuPrau

#books-of-ember #city-of-ember #friendship #jeanne-duprau #strength

I sat on the bed. Neither of us said anything. I wasn't slick and sophisticated enough for this. What do you say to boyfriend A when he finds you naked in the bed of boyfriend B? Especially if boyfriend A turned into a monster the night before and ate someone. I bet Miss Manners didn't cover this at all. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#funny #miss-manners #polyamory #sex #funny

I'm courteous to most, but antisocial among polite society. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#humor #manners #funny

Poetry destroyed? Genius banished? No! Mediocrity, no: do not let envy prompt you to the thought. No; they not only live, but reign, and redeem: and without their divine influence spread everywhere, you would be in hell--the hell of your own meanness. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#genius #meanness #mediocrity #poetry #funny

There ain't no "baby mama drama" up in this Vortex, homie! ↗

— Esther Hicks

#channeling-woo #funny #funny

The ornaments of your home are the people who smile upon entering time and time again. ↗

— Maralee McKee

#guests #hospitality #hosts #manners #home

And now, gentlemen, like your manners, I must leave you. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#manners #manners

Now lemme get this straight," she said in a throaty, nasal voice. "You put the lime in the cocanut and drink 'em both up--whoa, long faces. What am I interrupting? ↗

— Lauren Kate

#humor #humor

Gabbe jumped up and seized the cocanut first, giving its contents a sniff. "Arriane, she has just been through a trama," she scolded. Arriane tossed her shoulders back. "Precisely why she needs something with a kick," she argued, holding the tray possessively while she and Gabbe engaged in a stare-down. "Fine," Arriane said, looking away from Gabbe. ↗

— Lauren Kate

#humor