| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 31e7167 | "Don't be so damned patronizing. Your performance so far has been a little less than dazzling." "I didn't mean no harm," I said and kissed her. "That a new dress?" "Ah! Changing the subject, you coward." | humorous funny patronizing coward | Dashiell Hammett | |
| 280c6fa | One of my pet peeves was when an adult imagined they had to encapsulate Life for you, hand you Life in a jar, in an eyedropper, in a penguin paperweight full of snow-A Collector's Dream. | life-lessons life patronizing pet-peeves teenagers | Marisha Pessl |