Quotes About Character

I went from escaping into books to extracting things from them, from being inspired by books to trying to do things that inspired me—many of which I first encountered in stories. I went from wishing I were like a character in books to being a character in my books. I went from reading books to wrestling with them to writing them, all the while still learning from what I read. The

But she found herself drawn to Ivy because he wasn't like her at all, wasn't like anyone, really. Most people were different because they wanted to be noticed. ivy was different because he couldn't be anyone else

A man should not keep company with one whose character, family, and abode are unknown.

Avoid the company of wickdes, otherwise you have to pay a heavy price.

The lustre of a virtuous character cannot be defaced, nor can the vices of a vicious man ever become lucid. A jewel preserves its lustre, though trodden in the mud, but a brass pot, though placed upon the head, is brass still.

the personal can never be divorced from the professional. "We teach who we are" in times of darkness as well as light. In

the distentions we make indicates our future so make, good choices

Lord. Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial:

Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe.

I think you ought to go to New York or Chicago or San Francisco or any city with character and vitality. You should go to work. This place is no good for you, Randy. The air is like soup and the people are like noodles. You're vegetating. I don't want a vegetable. I want a man.' " - Lib McGovern

The man was very like his brother, a gangling creature with large hands and feet and a narrow face, though his normal expression was as sour as week-old milk.

We talked about each story for a while, and then Verla talked about heroes and villains. 'Nobody is all good or all bad,' she told us. 'The world is painted in shades of gray.

You're daft,' she said. 'Doan matter what you think of me,' he said generously. 'I'll never think less of you.

Jane austen says: a heroine has pride despite her imperfections.

Aristocracy was linked to a nobility of mind, a purity of spirit, as well as inexhaustible courage.

As far as she was concerned, aristocracy had nothing to do with money or social position. Aristocracy was linked to a nobility of mind, a purity of spirit, as well as inexhaustible courage.

Identity was partly heritage, partly upbringing, but mostly the choices you make in life. ~ Bran

Mine, ... Mine is what she is.

You forgot the 'my precious,'" Anna said dryly. "If you want to act like a freaking nutcase, you have to do it right.

Let us be heroes as well as monsters.

Want to explain to the kid that I'm more a Spike than a Buffy? A villain, not a superhero?

Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, daß er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird." I

She's a good person, but she is a weak person, too. She can't take care of anyone else because she's too busy taking care of herself." I

Want to explain to the kid that I'm more a Spike than a Buffy? A villain, not a superhero?