Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ("attentive to formality or etiquette") comes from the same original root as punctuation. Lynne Truss More Quotes by Lynne Truss More Quotes From Lynne Truss Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness. Lynne Truss mystery imagination together The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards. Lynne Truss drama people ideas Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person. Lynne Truss persons imagination manners