There is such a thing as too much couth.
“He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it.”
“The main obligation is to amuse yourself.”
“The brown paper bag is the only thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in nature.”
“A heart pulsating in harmony with the circulation of sap and the flow of rivers? A body with the rhythms of the earth in its movements? No. Instead: a mind, shut off from the oxygen of alert senses...”
“Have you noticed how dogs sniff at one another when they meet? It seems to be their nature.- Yes; it's a funny habit.- No, it's not funny; you are wrong there. There's nothing funny in nature, howe...”