“People don’t seem to rob bookstores much, more’s the pity for them.”
Source: The Fresco (2000), Chapter 8, p. 88
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The First Circle (1968)
Source: Двести лет вместе
“People don’t like to have somebody knowing more than they do. It aggravates them.”
Pt. 2, ch. 12
Calpurnia
Variant: Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ‘em.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Context: Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ‘em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
“My ma says a rock lasts forever, but people don’t, and that’s what makes them more precious.”
Source: Palace of Stone
Don Soderquist “ Live Learn Lead to Make a Difference https://books.google.com/books?id=s0q7mZf9oDkC&lpg=pg=PP1&dq=Don%20Soderquist&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false, Thomas Nelson, April 2006 p. 134-135.
On Treating Everyone with Respect
Variant: There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of physical evidence we have that people are still thinking.”
Variant: A bookstore is one of the many pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.