Tag: <span>A Life in Letters</span>

Otherwise, don't put it there.. Anton Chekhov on plants and payoffs… | by  Shaunta Grimes | The Every Day Novelist | Medium

“Civilized people must, I believe, satisfy the following criteria:

1) They respect human beings as individuals and are therefore always tolerant, gentle, courteous and amenable … They do not create scenes over a hammer or a mislaid eraser; they do not make you feel they are conferring a great benefit on you when they live with you, and they don’t make a scandal when they leave. (…)