“All lies, white or black, disgrace a gentleman, although I grant there is a difference: to say the least of it, it is a dangerous habit, for white lies are but the gentleman ushers to black ones.” LyingBlackDifferencesWhiteDangerousHabitGentlemanGrantsDisgraceWhite Lie Author:Frederick Marryat
“I know how people are, with their habits of mind. Most will sail through from cradle to grave with a conscience clean as snow...I know people. Most have no earthly notion of the price of a snow-white conscience.” PeopleKnowsMindWhiteKnow HowHabitConscienceCleanNotionGravesSnowSailCradleSnow WhiteHabits Of Mind Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“I asked the Zebra, are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Are you good with bad habits? Or are you bad with good habits? Are you noisy with quiet times? Or are you quiet with noisy times? Are you happy with some sad days? Or are you sad with some happy days? Are you neat with some sloppy ways? Or are you sloppy with some neat ways? And on and on and on and on and on and on he went. I’ll never ask a zebra about stripes...again.” WayAsksBlackWhiteHabitQuietNeatBad HabitsNoisyStripesSloppyGood HabitsHappy DayQuiet TimeZebrasSad DayWhite Stripes Author:Shel Silverstein
“Dearest Charles-- I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to you as I am mourning for my lost innocence. It never looked like living. The doctors despaired of it from the start... I am never quite alone. Members of my family keep turning up and collecting luggage and going away again, but the white raspberries are ripe. I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits. Love or what you will. S.” WantLoveWritingMindAgeFoundLostWhiteBearsHabitMembersPaperPicksMy FamilyDoctorsBoxesInnocenceMourningGoing AwayItalianCollectingRipeVeniceBad HabitsWant HimLuggageGood MindRaspberriesCharles I Author:Evelyn Waugh
“Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirts—the sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in their dish.” LittlesWholeCharacterHomeKidsCultureStarsWhiteHairHabitIndiaClubsPopsFleshIndianShirtsFlashPaleDishesT ShirtTanksPeppersHindiOther CulturesPop StarsUnmarriedStickerWesternersTank Tops Author:Adam Rex