“My correspondence has certainly the charm of variety, and the humbler are usually the more interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.” SocietyLettersLiesBoredomInvitationsDishonestyPretenseCorrespondenceSherlock HolmesPartiesWhite LiesDinnersSocial Gatherings Book:The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor Source: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
“For a moment, there was silence. That is, if you don't count Xemerius, who was killing himself with laughter as he swung from the chandelier. I couldn't say a word, because I was busy getting that piece of quiche down. Nick giggled, my mum looked from Gideon to me and back again several times, Aunt Glenda got red marks on her throat, and the way Lady Arista looked at Gideon you might have thought he was an orange begonia.” HumorRomanceFamilyTime TravelAwkwardDinners Book:Smaragdgrün Source: Smaragdgrün
“Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.” HumorFunnyFreedomDemocracyRightsHumorousDinnerIronicFreedom Of SpeechPolitical CorrectnessSad But TrueBeing PoliteTable MannersGadflyDinner ConversationEttiquetteDinners Book:Brushstrokes of a Gadfly Source: Brushstrokes of a Gadfly