A Quote by Tamora Pierce
Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages?
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It is important to be nice. But sometimes niceness can be misconstrued as weak. Should we be nice to everybody? Should we be nice only when others are nice to us? Here are some interesting views about being nice. Read these nice quotes and turn on your niceness.
I am weak, I say with no presumptions. I have no merit, I note it, that is all. There are times that I feel so weak there most be a mistake, and as I don't know what I mean with this, I am not going to say anything else
Oh, we're playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a nice pot of kiss-my-ass?
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