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“When people complain of your complexity, they fail to remember that they made fun of your simplicity.”
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“The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.”
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“A pleasantly situated hotel close to the sea, and chalets by the water's edge where one breakfasted. Clientele well-to-do, and although I count myself no snob I cannot abide paper bags and orange peel. ("Not After Midnight")”
― Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories
― Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories

“the word "snobbery" came into use for the first time in England during 1820s. It was said to have derived from the habit of many Oxford and Cambridge colleges of writing sine nobilitate (without nobility) , or "s.nob", next to the names of the ordinary students on examinations lists in order to distinguish them from their aristocratic peers. In the word's earliest days, a snob was taken to mean someone without high status, but it quickly assumed its modern and almost diametrically opposed meaning: someone offended by a lack of high status in others, a person who believes in a flawless equations between social rank and human worth”
― Status Anxiety
― Status Anxiety

“You despise the real bourgeois classes for all their snobbishness and their snobbish voices and ways. You do, don't you? Yet all you put in their place is a horrid little refusal to have nasty thoughts or do nasty things or be nasty in any way. Do you know that every great thing in the story of art and every beautiful thing in life is actually what you call nasty or has been caused by feelings that you would call nasty? By passion, by love, by hatred, by truth. Do you know that?”
― The Collector
― The Collector

“-Mi meta en la vida es llegar a ser un adjetivo -dijo-. Que la gente vaya por ah铆 diciendo: 芦Eso era tan bankheadiano禄, o 芦Un poco demasiado bankheadiano para mi gusto禄.
-Bankheadiano suena bien -dijo Madeleine.
-Es mejor que bankheadesco.
-O bankheadino.
-La terminaci贸n en 芦ino禄 es horrible la mires por donde la mires. Hay joyciano, shakesperiano, faulkneriano. Pero en 芦ino禄. 驴Qui茅n hay por ah铆 que sea algo terminado en 芦ino禄?
-驴Thoma Mannino?
-Kafesco -dijo-. 隆Pynchonesco! Mira, Pynchon es ya un adjetivo. Gaddis. 驴C贸mo ser铆a para Gaddis? 驴Gaddiesco? 驴Gaddisio?
-No, con Gaddis no se puede hacer 鈥攄ijo Madeleine.
-No -dijo Leonard- Ha tenido mala suerte, Gaddis. 驴Te gusta Gaddis?
-Le铆 un poco de Los reconocimientos -dijo Madeleine.
Doblaron Planet Street y subieron por la pendiente.
-Belloviano -dijo Leonard-. Es superbonito cuando se cambia alguna letra. Con nabokoviano no pasa: Nabokov ya tiene la 芦v禄. Y Ch茅jov tambi茅n: chejoviano. Los rusos lo tienen f谩cil. 隆Tolstoiano! El tal Tolst贸i era un adjetivo a la espera de formarse.
-No te olvides del tolstoianismo -dijo Madeleine.
-隆Dios m铆o! -dijo Leonard-. 隆Un nombre! Jam谩s hab铆a so帽ado con llegar a ser un nombre.
-驴Qu茅 significar铆a bankheadiano?
Leonard se qued贸 pensativo unos segundos.
-De o relativo a Leonard Bankhead (norteamericano, nacido en 1959). Caracterizado por una introspecci贸n o inquietud excesiva. Sombr铆o, depresivo. V茅ase caso perdido.
Madeleine re铆a. Leonard se detuvo y la cogi贸 del brazo, mir谩ndola con seriedad.
-Te estoy llevando a mi casa -dijo.
-驴蚕耻茅?
-Todo este tiempo que llevamos andando. Te he estado llevando hacia mi casa. Eso es lo que hago normalmente, al parecer. Es vergonzoso. Vergonzoso. No quiero que sea as铆. No contigo. As铆 que te lo estoy diciendo.
-Ya me lo hab铆a figurado, que 铆bamos a tu casa.
-驴厂铆?
-Te lo iba a decir. Cuando estuvi茅ramos m谩s cerca.
-Ya estamos cerca.
-No puedo subir.
-Por favor.
-No. Esta noche no.
-Hannaesco -dijo Leonard-. Testarudo. Dado a posturas inamovibles.
-Hannaesco -dijo Madeleine-. Peligroso. Algo con lo que no se juega.
-Quedo advertido.
Se quedaron de pie, mir谩ndose, en el fr铆o y la oscuridad de Planet Street. Leonard sac贸 las manos de los bolsillos para encajarse la melena detr谩s de las orejas.
-Puede que suba s贸lo un minuto -dijo Madeleine.”
― The Marriage Plot
-Bankheadiano suena bien -dijo Madeleine.
-Es mejor que bankheadesco.
-O bankheadino.
-La terminaci贸n en 芦ino禄 es horrible la mires por donde la mires. Hay joyciano, shakesperiano, faulkneriano. Pero en 芦ino禄. 驴Qui茅n hay por ah铆 que sea algo terminado en 芦ino禄?
-驴Thoma Mannino?
-Kafesco -dijo-. 隆Pynchonesco! Mira, Pynchon es ya un adjetivo. Gaddis. 驴C贸mo ser铆a para Gaddis? 驴Gaddiesco? 驴Gaddisio?
-No, con Gaddis no se puede hacer 鈥攄ijo Madeleine.
-No -dijo Leonard- Ha tenido mala suerte, Gaddis. 驴Te gusta Gaddis?
-Le铆 un poco de Los reconocimientos -dijo Madeleine.
Doblaron Planet Street y subieron por la pendiente.
-Belloviano -dijo Leonard-. Es superbonito cuando se cambia alguna letra. Con nabokoviano no pasa: Nabokov ya tiene la 芦v禄. Y Ch茅jov tambi茅n: chejoviano. Los rusos lo tienen f谩cil. 隆Tolstoiano! El tal Tolst贸i era un adjetivo a la espera de formarse.
-No te olvides del tolstoianismo -dijo Madeleine.
-隆Dios m铆o! -dijo Leonard-. 隆Un nombre! Jam谩s hab铆a so帽ado con llegar a ser un nombre.
-驴Qu茅 significar铆a bankheadiano?
Leonard se qued贸 pensativo unos segundos.
-De o relativo a Leonard Bankhead (norteamericano, nacido en 1959). Caracterizado por una introspecci贸n o inquietud excesiva. Sombr铆o, depresivo. V茅ase caso perdido.
Madeleine re铆a. Leonard se detuvo y la cogi贸 del brazo, mir谩ndola con seriedad.
-Te estoy llevando a mi casa -dijo.
-驴蚕耻茅?
-Todo este tiempo que llevamos andando. Te he estado llevando hacia mi casa. Eso es lo que hago normalmente, al parecer. Es vergonzoso. Vergonzoso. No quiero que sea as铆. No contigo. As铆 que te lo estoy diciendo.
-Ya me lo hab铆a figurado, que 铆bamos a tu casa.
-驴厂铆?
-Te lo iba a decir. Cuando estuvi茅ramos m谩s cerca.
-Ya estamos cerca.
-No puedo subir.
-Por favor.
-No. Esta noche no.
-Hannaesco -dijo Leonard-. Testarudo. Dado a posturas inamovibles.
-Hannaesco -dijo Madeleine-. Peligroso. Algo con lo que no se juega.
-Quedo advertido.
Se quedaron de pie, mir谩ndose, en el fr铆o y la oscuridad de Planet Street. Leonard sac贸 las manos de los bolsillos para encajarse la melena detr谩s de las orejas.
-Puede que suba s贸lo un minuto -dijo Madeleine.”
― The Marriage Plot

“Golfers flexing on other golfers for having Androids will never not be inadvertently hilarious. iPhones are also owned by Janitors, the job that's at the bottom of the perceived status pile, and I'd rather golf with a man who spends his time cleaning than a dirty pseudo snob.”
― To be good at golf you must go full koala bear
― To be good at golf you must go full koala bear

“Enough with this condescending outlook of life from a high and mighty, intellectual pedestal! Come down, come down to earth, come down to the street, come down to the soil, for that's where life is.”
― Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race
― Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“It was a nice story, but most fairy tales had a dark side to them, especially when it came to a princess鈥檚 fate. 鈥淎 footman or maid?鈥�
鈥淚鈥擨 don鈥檛 believe anyone else is missing,鈥� Lady Crenshaw said. 鈥淏ut Elizabeth wouldn鈥檛鈥� she鈥檚 such a good girl. She probably didn鈥檛 wish to ruin our trip. It鈥檚 not as if she鈥檚 a lower-class trollop.鈥�
I chomped down on my immediate response, face burning. If she were a he, I doubted they鈥檇 call her such names. And her station had nothing to do with the matter whatsoever. Plenty of less fortunate families had more class than Lady Crenshaw had just showed.”
― Escaping from Houdini
鈥淚鈥擨 don鈥檛 believe anyone else is missing,鈥� Lady Crenshaw said. 鈥淏ut Elizabeth wouldn鈥檛鈥� she鈥檚 such a good girl. She probably didn鈥檛 wish to ruin our trip. It鈥檚 not as if she鈥檚 a lower-class trollop.鈥�
I chomped down on my immediate response, face burning. If she were a he, I doubted they鈥檇 call her such names. And her station had nothing to do with the matter whatsoever. Plenty of less fortunate families had more class than Lady Crenshaw had just showed.”
― Escaping from Houdini

“Anyone who tells you they only drink wine old enough to have been bottled by their grandfather is an insecure snob who has never had the sublime pleasure of a box of wine at a barbecue.”
― The Temptation of Eden
― The Temptation of Eden

“Nu limba, legile, obiceiurile sau principiile despart sau unesc fiin葲ele, ci felul identic 卯n care 葲in cu葲itul 葯i furculi葲a.”
― Suite Fran莽aise
― Suite Fran莽aise

“I don't cook anything fancy. Sheba's appetite isn't up to much and I've never been one for sauces. We eat nursery food mainly. Beans on toast, Welsh rarebit, fish fingers. Sheba leans against the oven and watches me while I work. At a certain point, she usually asks for wine. I have tried to get her to wait until she's eaten something, but she gets very scratchy when I do that, so these days I tend to give in straightaway and pour her a small glass from the carton in the fridge. You choose your battles. Sheba is a bit of a snob about drink and she keeps whining at me to get a grander sort. 'Something in a bottle, at least', she says. But I continue to buy the cartons. we are on a tight budget these days. And for all her carping, Sheba doesn't seem to have too much trouble knocking back the cheap stuff.”
― What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]
― What Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal]

“...it is our good fortune that the exigencies of birth and training furnish all of us with the opportunities for snobbery.”
― Fer-de-Lance
― Fer-de-Lance

“Those who are arrogant about their pedigree, about their culture, about their intellect, I have no business with them, give me the humble janitor, give me the illiterate construction worker, give me the dropout waitress - the humble soul will find me in their own heart, but the arrogant will argue their whole life and never understand what I am all about, what humanity is all about - it's about community, it's about listening, it's about letting go of one's self-obsessed identity to become one with humanity.”
― The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America
― The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America

“Purpose of progress is to lift all humanity, not to pamper the elites' moronity.”
― Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
― Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth

“It can be so difficult to train up the peasants,鈥� she said, pretending to commiserate, her voice heavy with irony. 鈥淭hey find it so hard to project the kind of snobbery that comes so naturally to their betters.”
― The Replacement Wife
― The Replacement Wife

“The news that they were to have supper at the home of Lord and Lady Westcliff was received with a variety of reactions from the Hathaways. Poppy and Beatrix were pleased and excited, whereas Win, who was still trying to regain her strength after the journey to Hampshire, was merely resigned. Leo was looking forward to a lengthy repast accompanied by fine wine.
Merripen, on the other hand, flatly refused to go.
鈥淵ou are part of the family,鈥� Amelia told him, watching as he secured loose paneling boards in one of the common rooms. Merripen鈥檚 grip on a carpenter鈥檚 hammer was deft and sure as he expertly sank a handmade nail into the edge of a board. 鈥淣o matter how you may try to deny all connection to the Hathaways鈥攁nd one could hardly blame you for that鈥攖he fact is, you鈥檙e one of us and you should attend.鈥�
Merripen methodically pounded a few more nails into the wall. 鈥淢y presence won鈥檛 be necessary.鈥�
鈥淲ell, of course it won鈥檛 be necessary. But you might enjoy yourself.鈥�
鈥淣o I wouldn鈥檛,鈥� he replied with grim certainty, and continued his hammering.
鈥淲hy must you be so stubborn? If you鈥檙e afraid of being treated badly, you should recall that Lord Westcliff is already acting as host to a Roma, and he seems to have no prejudice鈥斺€�
鈥淚 don鈥檛 like gadjos.鈥�
鈥淢y entire family鈥�your 蹿补尘颈濒测鈥攁谤别 gadjos. Does that mean you don鈥檛 like us?鈥�
Merripen didn鈥檛 reply, only continued to work. Noisily.
Amelia let out a taut sigh. 鈥淢erripen, you鈥檙e a dreadful snob. And if the evening turns out to be terrible, it鈥檚 your obligation to endure it with us.鈥�
Merripen reached for another handful of nails. 鈥淭hat was a good try,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut I鈥檓 not going.”
― Mine Till Midnight
Merripen, on the other hand, flatly refused to go.
鈥淵ou are part of the family,鈥� Amelia told him, watching as he secured loose paneling boards in one of the common rooms. Merripen鈥檚 grip on a carpenter鈥檚 hammer was deft and sure as he expertly sank a handmade nail into the edge of a board. 鈥淣o matter how you may try to deny all connection to the Hathaways鈥攁nd one could hardly blame you for that鈥攖he fact is, you鈥檙e one of us and you should attend.鈥�
Merripen methodically pounded a few more nails into the wall. 鈥淢y presence won鈥檛 be necessary.鈥�
鈥淲ell, of course it won鈥檛 be necessary. But you might enjoy yourself.鈥�
鈥淣o I wouldn鈥檛,鈥� he replied with grim certainty, and continued his hammering.
鈥淲hy must you be so stubborn? If you鈥檙e afraid of being treated badly, you should recall that Lord Westcliff is already acting as host to a Roma, and he seems to have no prejudice鈥斺€�
鈥淚 don鈥檛 like gadjos.鈥�
鈥淢y entire family鈥�your 蹿补尘颈濒测鈥攁谤别 gadjos. Does that mean you don鈥檛 like us?鈥�
Merripen didn鈥檛 reply, only continued to work. Noisily.
Amelia let out a taut sigh. 鈥淢erripen, you鈥檙e a dreadful snob. And if the evening turns out to be terrible, it鈥檚 your obligation to endure it with us.鈥�
Merripen reached for another handful of nails. 鈥淭hat was a good try,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut I鈥檓 not going.”
― Mine Till Midnight

“i'd rather not look for a job... to let a fine one find me. And that definitely wouldn't define me as a snob!;)”
― A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job
― A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job

“Well, you did walk away from that beautiful creature in the kitchen without so much as a glance, so I don't know about the genius part," the other woman said, and DJ felt his face warm. "You want to go back in there? I'll introduce you. You can celebrate for real."
Both women broke into giggles. DJ almost smiled; maybe he'd overreacted in there a bit.
"No thank you," the good doctor said in that voice of hers. "But thanks for thinking I'm desperate enough to be set up with the hired help."
DJ stepped away from the door, the warmth on his face turning into an angry burn.
The hired help? He had worked at a Michelin-starred restaurant, for crying out loud. For years. People across Paris knew his name.
Who the bloody hell did this woman think she was? Sometimes he really, truly hated rich people.”
― Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Both women broke into giggles. DJ almost smiled; maybe he'd overreacted in there a bit.
"No thank you," the good doctor said in that voice of hers. "But thanks for thinking I'm desperate enough to be set up with the hired help."
DJ stepped away from the door, the warmth on his face turning into an angry burn.
The hired help? He had worked at a Michelin-starred restaurant, for crying out loud. For years. People across Paris knew his name.
Who the bloody hell did this woman think she was? Sometimes he really, truly hated rich people.”
― Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors

“Simplicity is the attire of those with character, sophistication is the attire of the shallow.”
― When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation
― When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation

“Society is built by determination, not designation.”
― When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation
― When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation

“King and president, ceo and janitor, all are equal, only behavior merits honor.”
― Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations
― Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations
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