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“No matter how fierce was the passion that gripped him, the fact is he was paralyzed, transfixed by the contemplation of his own past.…

— Natsume Sōseki

“He was entirely rid of his nervous misgivings, of his forced aggressiveness, of the imperative desire to show himself different from his surroundings. He…

— Willa Cather

“He felt for the first moment as a man feels when, having suddenly received a violent blow from behind, he turns round, angry and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“It was a strange thing: one never appeared to take a step forward int he heart or mind of this man. Those who wished,…

— Alexandre Dumas

“He was startled, but there was that about him which made it impossible to show what he felt, an instant and utter reflex of…

— Ellery Queen

“I do not blame him for not knowing the gentleness of my soul. When I only showed him, how violently I loved.”

— Saiber

“He perceived with dismay that the sort of frightful calm which the injustice of his misfortune had conferred upon him was giving way within…

— Victor Hugo

“being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, nor impatient. If he pushed forward impulsively, he…

— Paulo Coelho

“He laughingly expressed his surprise at having provoked such anger. Perhaps he said this in the hope of minimising in my eyes the importance…

— Marcel Proust

“the smooth, steady movement of my actions raised a sliver of panic in the rational man who was abandoning me.”

— Craig Johnson

“...he wound up misbehaving in a manner so bold and outlandishly inappropriate that it wasn't clear to him if he had lost his mind…

— Paul Auster

“He was the meekest of his sex, the mildest of little men. He sidled in and out of a room, to take up the…

— Charles Dickens