There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored. The reader of today looks for this motion, and rightly so, but what he...
If writers only dared to dare, a Suetonius or a Tacitus of the Novel could exist, for the Novel is essentially the history of manners, turned into a story and a play, as is History itself often enough. And there is no other difference than this: that...
When we criticize the suicidal for being selfish, we are actually criticizing them for not enduring their pain with grace and good manners. These are nice qualities; we may be correct to reproach average citizens for not having them. But to expect ev...
The sun tells the best joke of a day full of them, setting so spectacularly that you can almost smell the tropical paradise lazing somewhere over this rim of endless, gray socialist towers. Miles of square windows explode orange, red, and purple, lik...
While Elstir, at my request, went on painting, I wandered about in the half-light, stopping to examine first one picture, then another. Most of those that covered the walls were not what I should chiefly have liked to see of his work, paintings in wh...
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
It is not inevitable that the Internet will evolve in a manner compatible with democracy.
True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.
A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.
Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?
I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer.
Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like.
Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.
I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.
Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.
A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind.
Manners, boy. I'll beat them into you if I have to.
OUr past doesn't define us. It prepares us.
