“Some arrogant feel very confident that they are the best.That's pity. Much better men let them feel so for a reason.”
“...Maybe this was another reason why people read: not so that they would feel less lonely, but so that other people would think they looked less lonely with a book in their hands and therefore not pity them and leave them alone.”
“The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are. ”
“People feeling pity for me is as offensive as them feeling inspired by me.”
“My own feeling is that if adultery is wickedness then so is food. Both make me feel so much better afterward.”
“The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.”