Amor Towles Quote

As a quick aside, let me observe that in moments of high emotion....if the next thing you're going to say makes you feel better, then it's probably the wrong thing to say. This is one of the finer maxims that I've discovered in life. And you can have it, since it's been of no use to me.


Rules of Civility: A Novel (ed. Penguin, 2011) - ISBN: 9781101517062


As a quick aside, let me observe that in moments of high emotion....if the next thing you're going to say makes you feel better, then it's probably...

As a quick aside, let me observe that in moments of high emotion....if the next thing you're going to say makes you feel better, then it's probably...

As a quick aside, let me observe that in moments of high emotion....if the next thing you're going to say makes you feel better, then it's probably...

As a quick aside, let me observe that in moments of high emotion....if the next thing you're going to say makes you feel better, then it's probably...