In Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery, Marilla criticizes Anne for talking too much: "Well, I guess I'll light the lamp and get to work," said Marilla. "I see plainly that you don't want to hear what Miss Stacy had to say. You're more interested in the sound of your own tongue than i...

In "The Song of the Flying Fish" by G. K. Chesterton, the author was describing a group of neighbours, a collector, a priest, a biologist, a bank manager and a traveller, that usually got together in each other's house saying: That afternoon, one stranger had indeed broken into the magic circ...