tone of voice quotes

I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I’d lay my cards down on that, and say that it’s that that I’m trying to do.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.