Woah,' I said, blocking the doorway. 'You can't come in here. This is the girls' room.'
Even as it came out of my mouth, I knew it sounded dumb. Dumb, I thought and maybe even wrong.
You...are a boy, aren't you?' I asked. 'I mean, don't take that the wrong way or anything -'
J.Lo is a boy, yes.' I let that go.
So...you Boov have boys and girls...just like us?'
Of course,' said J.Lo. 'Do not be ridicumlous.'
I smiled a wan little smile. 'Sorry.'
The Boov have seven magnificent genders. There is boy, girl, girlboy, boygirl, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy.'
I had absolutely no response to this.
Stichwörter: humor gender politeness alien
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
Otto von BismarckStichwörter: politeness good-manners
Never start a sentence with the words 'No offense.
Gretchen RubinStichwörter: kindness politeness tact hypocrisy offensive
A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.
Louisa May AlcottStichwörter: politeness decency
This was our last night. We only had one curtain call, Bree. And I thought they were going to give us a standing ovation, but no-o-o-. Do you know why half the audience stood up?"
"To get a head start on the traffic," Bree said.
"To get a head start on the traffic," Antonia agreed in indignation. "I mean, here we are, dancing and singing our little guts out, and all those folks want to do is get to bed early. I ask you, whatever happened to common courtesy? Whatever happened to decent manners? Doesn't anyone care about craft anymore? And on top of that, it's not even nice.
Stichwörter: humor politeness rudeness disappointment play theatre expectations performance complaining sisters
Politeness is okay, but it gets old and boring. You want to attack life with a passion, not a politeness, you want people to think about you and remember you and say "she is so passionate" you don't want people to think about you and remember you and say "she is so polite," because, who cares about polite?
C. JoyBell C.Stichwörter: inspirational passion inspiration politeness inspirational-quotes life-and-living inspirational-life inspiring passions polite passionate-living passionate-life passionate being-passionate passion-for-life
She already told me that she doesn't have to be nice, so why do I? Because my mother raised me right? That's why wolves always win. Because the rest of us mind our manners and get devoured for our efforts.
Sheryl J. AndersonStichwörter: manners politeness comeback
Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects.
Stephen KingStichwörter: reading writing society politeness etiquette norms
I still can't understand how Cecil and my old tutor, Fitz, got along so well, when we often called Fitz 'the Genius' and avoided calling Cecil anything at all, so as not to be rude.
Franny BillingsleyStichwörter: politeness
He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life.
Henning MankellStichwörter: politeness humiliation
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