#annoy

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#annoy #anything #appropriate #asking #friend

How long have you been standing there?" "Just long enough to see you give Daemon the middle finger." "He deserved it. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#daemon #funny #katy #funny

Jessamine flushed. "I do not. I mean, I did not. I mean--ugh! Charlotte, Will's being vexing." "And the sun has come up in the east," said Jem, to no one in particular. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #tattling #humor

Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?" "Cant help it. It's the company I keep. ↗

— Kamila Shamsie

#company #humor #humor

Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her books. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#villians #writers #inspirational

George had turned at the sound of her arrival. For a moment he contemplated her, as one who had fallen out of heaven. He saw radiant joy in her face, he saw the flowers beat against her dress in blue waves. The bushes above them closed. He stepped quickly forward and kissed her. Before she could speak, almost before she could feel, a voice called 'Lucy! Lucy! Lucy!' The silence of life had been broken by Miss Bartlett, who stood brown against the view. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#heart-warming #romance #life

Fighting with siblings, especially the little ones, has always, and will always be the same. You fight with your hands tied behind your back. You know that you'll lose. But you still fight back, either you want to annoy them or let them feel the extra satisfaction of beating you after a long fight. No matter which of the two ways you take, it clearly shows that you love them. A lot. ↗

— Nishanth Anchan K.N.

#fight #kids #sibling #siblings #love

You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #investigative-work #kate #kate-daniels #magic-bites

By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something that he himself should be doing, and he wasn't doing it. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#annoyance #irritation #responsibility #self-awareness #self-awareness

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. ↗

— Mark Twain

#example #few #few things #good #good example