#annoyance

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

I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi. ↗

— Demi Moore

#i #intensely #openly #paparazzi #private

And then, in boating supplies, Margo located an air horn. She took it out of the box and held it up in the air, and I said, "No," and she said, "No what?" And I said, "No don't blow the air horn," except when I got to the b in blow, she squeezed on it and it let out an excruciatingly loud honk that felt in my head like the auditory equivalent of an aneurysm, and then she said, "I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. What was that?" And I said, "Stop b-" and then she did it again. ↗

— John Green

#humor #humor

A knock came at the door. Everyone looked up. Elena's nostrils flared and she leaned over to whisper something to Clay. "Fuck," he muttered. "Keep talking, Jaime. It's only Cassandra. She can wait. Forever, if we're lucky." "I heard that, Clayton," Cassandra said as she walked in. "Who the hell forgot to lock the door?" Clay said. "You were the last one in," Elena murmured. "Damn. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor #mistrust #humor

Smartass Disciple: Master, that guy’s teaching is somehow annoying me. Master of Stupidity: Only as long as you stay tuned for pissed-off channel. ↗

— Toba Beta

#change-the-channel #humor #life #stay-tuned-for #change

Don't believe everything you read or hear, remember a large part of our world is made up of fiction!! ↗

— Victoria Addino

#lesson-for-life #reality-of-life #truthful-in-every-way #life

I don't like this." "I know you don't, my little spaetzel. But I am too worn out to run from both the police and your murderous twin, and Damian's looking peaky, plus Christian did apologize for trying to kill us earlier." "I wasn't talking about that. It's your lamentable habit of using completely unsuitable love names for me that gives me grief," Adrian groused. "I am not a lambypie, nor am I a spaetzel. ↗

— Katie MacAlister

#comedy #love-names #vampires #love

I don't even want you to nod, that's how much you annoy me. Just freeze and shut up. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#snow

I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#irritation #pet-peeves #pets