Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them…

Jim Butcher
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Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile. ✨ Jim Butcher (2000). Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files, p.40, Penguin Group
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Smiling always seems to annoy people more than actually insulting them. Or maybe I just have an annoying smile. ✨ Jim Butcher (2000). Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files, p.40, Penguin Group

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