#annoyance

The more the schemata are differentiated, the smaller the gap between the new and the familiar becomes, so that novelty, instead of constituting an annoyance avoided by the subject, becomes a problem and invites searching. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#avoided #becomes #between #constituting #differentiated

Everything I said he agreed with, which was trying, and his flute playing would make the deaf wince, but I think the real problem with Hyacinth was that he reminded me of myself. He read poetry. He flinched at loud noises. In addition to having no musical skills, he had no martial skills. He avoided any situation that might require physical effort on his part. Seeing him, I found it no wonder that my father despised me. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#self-reflection #sophos #music

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

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

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