Quotes from Kate Ross

I always think boredom is to some extent the fault of the bored.

You're much better than fireworks. They're all over in a moment, and you're going to stay for a fortnight. Besides, fireworks are noisy, and they make too much smoke.

He was not going to be dragged into other people´s business. He was going to plunge in headfirst.

Do you deny it?" Grimani persisted. Deny it? Only the greatest self-restraint prevents me from laughing it out of countenance.

I don't mind people going about unobtrusively doing good, but I can't stomach moral indignation.

I think you're extremely rude! And you're doing it on purpose!" "Of course. One should never be rude except on purpose." …"Why?" …"Because one should never appear to anything without intent. It's the secret of poise.

I highly recommend cleanliness. It pleases women and annoys men, which are two excellent ways to get on in society.

Modesty alone doesn't prove a man a hero. But it's incontrovertible that immodesty makes him a bore.

I try to be interested in very nearly everything. I always think boredom is to some extent the fault of the bored.

That's because I don't know how to talk to children." "Yes, you do. It's the same as talking to grown-ups, only there are more things you have to explain.

This waiting is worse than anything. It's like one of those nightmares where you know something terrible is going to happen and you don't know what it is, but you there's nothing you can do to stop it.

He was not going to be dragged into other people´s business. He was going to plunge in headfirst.