a nice man QUOTES

1 " No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. "

― H.L. Mencken

2 " Look, you had it easier than me,' she says. 'You think Nana and Papa were busy supporting women's rights? No, they wanted me to meet a nice man and get married and cook and clean for him and give them grandchildren, and that's it. You were born into a world where feminism existed and was readily available to you. I had to acquire that knowledge. I didn't know I could be on my own. "

― Jami Attenberg , All Grown Up

3 " The vice president (Nixon) seems like a man who is acting like a nice man rather than being one. "

4 " Fine. But remember, little rabbit, not a word to anyone." He moved close enough that the dark heat of him lapped against her in a quiet threat that made her glad for the blade. " I'm not a nice man when I'm angry." She held her position, a ragged attempt to erase the humiliation of the panic attack. " I'm fairly certain you're not a nice man at all." His answer was a slow smile that whispered of silk sheets, erotic whispers, and sweat-damp skin. The unhidden intent of it had her heart slamming hard against her ribs. " No" she said. Voice raw. " A challenge.” He wasn't touching her and yet she felt caressed by a thousand ropes of fur, soft and lush and unmistakably sexual. " I accept "

5 " Bertie stared at his mother. She spoils things, he thought. All she ever does is spoil things. He had not started this conversation, and it was not his fault that they were now talking about Grey Owl. He sounded rather a nice man to Bertie. Any why should he not dress up in feathers and live in the forests if that was what he wanted to do? It was typical of his mother to try to spoil Grey Owl's fun. "

6 " No matter how happily a woman may be married it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not. "

7 " I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention. "

8 " Salman is genuinely a nice man who helps people. He is someone who I trust blindly. I think he has been an important person in my life. "