Characters Quotes

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I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the characters… — Ann Brashares
As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad,… — Marcus Aurelius
... characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a nutshell a basic… — Milan Kundera
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience,… — Orson F. Whitney
Redemption is something you have to fight for in a very personal, down-dirty way. Some of our characters lose that, some stray from that, and… — Joss Whedon
Everything is a tale, Martin. What we believe, what we know, what we remember, even what we dream. Everything is a story, a narrative, a… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
My God, that scene in Monster Inc. where the monsters realise that their entire world is founded on hurting children -look at that for a… — Russell T Davies
The people in this house, I felt, and I included myself, were like characters each from a different grim and gruesome fairy tale. None of… — Lorrie Moore
As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so real because I really did want… — Charles de Lint
I consider books to be good for our health, and also our spirits, and they help us to become poets or scientists, to understand the… — Jose Saramago
The characters within a book were, from a certain point of view, identical on some fundamental level â€’ there weren't any images of them, no… — Jim Butcher
No, none of us seem so very real. We're only supporting characters in the lives of each other. Any real truth, any precious fact will… — Chuck Palahniuk
I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in… — Donald Miller
I wish we could sometimes love the characters in real life as we love the characters in romances. There are a great many human souls… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Go where the pleasure is in your writing. Go where the pain is. Write the book you would like to read. Write the book you… — Anne Rice
I am not concerned with simply surviving. I am very concerned about improving. I start each day by examining yesterday's work and looking for areas… — Charles M. Schulz
I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself! — Carrie Fisher
And liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people who have a right from the frame of their nature to knowledge, as… — John Adams
[W]hat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or that… — Elaine Dundy
Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit… — Adam Rex

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