Quote by George Eliot

“The others ignored him, busy doing what men generally do in dangerous times: putting on their trousers.”

— Eoin Colfer

“But it seemed to him that there should be a difference in his attitude. All the distress that he had ever known, the sorrow…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“His actions were subtle, his effects public. That affirmed him. That pleased him.”

— Charles Graeber

“And his principal complaint about other human beings was that they so seldom noticed it when they were happy. If this isn't nice, I…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“He found himself smiling and talking politely to people who desired to show their respect and admiration for his uniform-instead of ignoring them and…

— Howard Fast

“The crowd had stared at him and given up angrily, finding no satisfaction. He did not look crushed and he did not look defiant.…

— Ayn Rand

“Was it a weakness of man that made him want to ignore the darker side of his fellow human beings?”

— Todd Strasser

“He was a sensitive man and many people had caused him anguish.”

— Gil Brewer

“Or, to state his character as it stood in the scale of public opinion, when his friends and critics were in tantrums, he was…

— Thomas Hardy

“He was full of the glossy self-regard of men who shrugged off their importance in a way that only emphasized it.”

— Reginald Hill

“He was half a politician, and like most of his kind he was an insecure man.”

— Ross Macdonald

“It was most disturbing to be looked at by so many people all at once, or at any rate by more people than one…

— Susan Cooper