Quotes of: Characters Keyword

Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.

Angle of Repose

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

William Shatner

Few novelists can be more scrupulous than Jane Austen as to the phrasing of the thoughts of their characters.

Jane Austen And Her Art

Character is what we do when no one else is watching" ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal

The typical English painting is narrative in character. The English are a nation of diarists.

The Reach of Modern Art: A Concise History

God has given to His works His own character of emeth; they are watertight, faithful, reliable, not at all vague or phantasmal.

Reflections on the Psalms

The rumor claims that the shambler virus is now airborne. It can be contracted without getting bitten now.” – character quote

Shamblers: The Zombie Apocalypse

Our character isn’t defined by the battles we win or lose, but by the battles we dare to fight.

Serafina and the Black Cloak

Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.

The Street of Crocodiles

That's what novels are: They're amalgams of archetypes, collections of random traits one observes in other people through life, blended into fresh characters.

Searching for Grace Kelly

Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life — is the source from which self-respect springs.

On Self-Respect

Those of strong character and training are chosen by fate. They cannot help but rise to the forefront when their nations are troubled.

The Mirror and the Maelstrom

Yes, I have a romantic nature; it is a character flaw which should be viewed with pity, not derision.

A Mixture of Madness

The sole purpose of universal justice is to keep man's character in balance

Many Faces to Many Places

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

As a Man Thinketh

The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions.

LIFE

sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

Match Me If You Can

...then we went skinny dippin' and did things that frighten the fish... Character, Shelby Eatonton, from the movie, Steel Magnolias.

Steel Magnolias

(One character on another:) "Don't you know that I passionately dote on every chin on his face?

Strong Poison

She felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart.

Sense and Sensibility

I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up.

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood