Advantage Quote by Charles Dickens

“Samuel understood at last why this being hated men and women so much: he hated them because they were so like himself, because the…

— John Connolly

“As a matter of fact, this effort at discipline had been helped by the interests of a difficult profession, but the old conclusion to…

— Virginia Woolf

“[...] under the guise of caring only for intrinsic values Osmond lived exclusively for the world. Far from being its master as he pretended…

— Henry James

“As his wife she was irrevocably tied to him—his opinions were her opinions. They reflected poorly on her, perhaps not because she held them…

— Noah Hawley

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.…

— Daphne du Maurier

“Clementine was thankful her husband understood his mother so thoroughly. She couldn’t imagine how difficult it would be if Ralph was one of those…

— Tessa Arlen

“He could not deny that the beauty, the youth, the gracefulness, of the countess had made some impression on him: but his nature was…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“She was the one person he’d hoped to avoid as much as possible when he’d taken his place as Sheriff of Maxville. It wasn’t…

— Lia Davis

“Inside he was hurt. Not so much with Linda, but his failure to impress women generally with his abilities. There she was, an example:…

— Max Nowaz

“He felt people were never intentionally beastly or malicious, but they were pompous and foolish; awful decisions were made by men divorced from their…

— Glen David Gold

Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her…

— Anonymous

“Curiously, Chris didn’t hold everyone to the same exacting standards. One of the individuals he professed to admire greatly over the last two years…

— Jon Krakauer