# Quote — Richard Yates, Disturbing the Peace

> "There's something we have to discuss," she said, and from the way she said it he knew it wouldn't be a discussion at all. She had something to tell him - something he wouldn't like - and he had better shut up and sit down and listen.

- Author: [Richard Yates](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates.md)
- Book: [Disturbing the Peace](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/disturbing-the-peace.md)
- Page: 170
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/disturbing-the-peace/theres-something-we-have

## More from this book

> "You don't have much use for black people, do you, Mr Wilder? Deep down you wish we'd all go away. You think our lips are too thick and our noses too flat and you shudder at the thought of our kinky hair. Isn't that about right, Mr Wilder?"

p. 238 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/disturbing-the-peace/you-dont-have.md)

> she talked less, or at least did less of the kind of talking whose only purpose was to fill silence

p. 177 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/disturbing-the-peace/she-talked-less.md)

> To find order in chaos - why, of course; that was what he'd wanted all his life.
>
> He had been born for this, for finding order in chaos, and all the wasted years has been a mistake.
>
> To find order in chaos; to find order in chaos.

p. 130 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/disturbing-the-peace/to-find-order.md)