Quotes About Character

In Martín's novel, the book that had kept Fermín company all those months, one of the characters swore that the best way of disarming the authorities was to speak to them first before they addressed you.

yours. A man with a head, a heart, and a soul. A man capable of listening, of leading and respecting a child, and not of drowning his own defects in him. Someone whom a child will not only love because he's his father but will also admire for the person he is. Someone he would want to grow up to resemble.

When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he's a saint or they're not telling the whole story.

Cuando todo el mundo se empeña en pintar a alguien como un monstruo, una de dos: o era un santo o se están callando de la misa la media.

was an emaciated character, pomade shining on moustache and hair, who oozed that belligerent apathy of those who turn their job into a platform for obstructing the lives of others.

Lo que hace falta en el mundo es más gente mala de verdad y menos cazurros limítrofes.

Sí. Como el suyo. Un hombre con cabeza, corazón y alma. Un hombre que sea capaz de escuchar, guiar y respetar a una criatura, y de no ahogar en ella sus propios defectos. Alguien a quien un hijo no sólo quiera por ser su padre, sino que lo admire por la persona que es. Alguien a quien quiera parecerse.

The cowl maketh the monk

A good father, if you see what I mean." "A good father?" "Yes. Like yours. A man with a head, a heart, and a soul. A man capable of listening, of leading and respecting a child, and not of drowning his own defects in him. Someone whom a child will not only love because he's his father but will also admire for the person he is. Someone he would want to grow up to resemble.

she herself loved the character of Elizabeth Bennet. I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least, I do not know.

Despair did not suit her looks. Goodness cannot cope with badness—it's too good, you see, too stupidly good.

Lord, it's only been six months since the last time I was a total jerk, thought Reeve. Am I going to be a total jerk again?

Stephen was shaped like a tire iron, all his bones a little too long:

We try on many masks throughout our lives. Eventually we find one that fits so well we never take it off.

He flipped through channels until he found reruns of NCIS. Understanding murder is simple compared to understanding a woman, Leroy Jethro Gibbs. You been married a bunch of times. What advice would you give me? He talked to the character on the television. Gibbs said, Grab your gear.

Bessie, the old gray mule, had two speeds: slow and stop. A stick of dynamite could not have put any more giddy-up in her pace....

What kind of woman am I? she asked. My kind. He grinned.

Jayden could make her squirm for a little while, but that wouldn't be right. Gramps always told her to do what she knew was right and not worry about those folks around her who were doing wrong.

The goat boy never gloats.

Beauty is the light within you that shines out, not the jewelry you hang on your body, the fancy clothes you wear, or the makeup you use. A person can be gorgeous on the outside, but the evil inside them ruins every bit of the prettiness.

sometimes a leopard can change its spots if the right woman comes along.

Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.

The woman who looks to God in the face of unkindness becomes more beautiful through suffering. Her face does not bear the lines of bitterness and a disturbed countenance. She displays a rare and remarkable beauty because she has learned to wait upon God. Her happiness is out of reach of those who have wronged her.

The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and great courage. How can you create a character without live and the struggle that goes with love?