Quotes about Propriety

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You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it s — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
But my way of writing is rather to think aloud, and follow my own humours, than much to consider who is listening to me; — Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Repression is a seamless garment; a society which is authoritarian in its social and sexual codes, which crushes its wom — Salman Rushdie, Shame
There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?""Are you — Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
Losing maturity in one’s fiction for the sake of marvels and monsters can also mean losing propriety, and that’s not alw — Hal Duncan, Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fictions
...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
Patience and propriety. It was the only graceful thing to do. — Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Success is not worth rejoicing over, failure is not worth grieving over. — Luo Guanzhong, Three Kingdoms: Classic Novel in Four Volumes
How could you die and not be old enough to hear about premarital sex? How could you die and still not be allowed to fall — Zen Cho, Spirits Abroad