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  1. Sue Grafton _ C is for Corpse

    I find it so liberating when other people are rude. It makes me feel mild and lazy and mean.
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  2. Tamora Pierce _ Emperor Mage

    I would apologize for my rudeness, if I had any manners. Happily, I don't.
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  3. J.K. Rowling _ Harry Potter and the

    Professor, why couldn't we just Apparate directly into your old colleague's house?''Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,' said Dumbledore. 'Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.
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  4. Yann Martel _ Beatrice and Virgil

    Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you?
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  5. E.M. Forster _ Howards End

    Rudeness affected Margaret like a bitter taste in the mouth. It poisoned life. At times it is necessary, but woe to those who employ it without due need.
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  6. Tom Robbins _ Jitterbug Perfume

    Death is impatient and thoughtless. It barges into your room when you are right in the middle of something, and it doesn't bother to wipe its boots.
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  7. Lynne Truss _ Talk to the Hand: The Utter

    ...when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned for a phone call, and of having to compensate - with quite elaborate behaviours = for the sudden half-disappearance of the person we were just speaking to. 'Go ahead!' we say. 'Don't mind us! Oh look, here's a magazine I can read!' When the call is over, other rituals come into play, to minimise the disruption caused and to restore good feeling.
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  8. Naguib Mahfouz _ Sugar Street

    إن بلادنا في حاجة إلى جرعات قوية من قلة الأدب حيال الملوك حتى تفيق من إغمائها الطويل
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