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“And then he again uneasily saw, as he had latterly seen with more and more frequency, the scorn of Nature for man’s finer emotions,…

— Thomas Hardy

“Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.”

— Herman Melville

“Happy in his silence yet eager for his words.”

— Daphne du Maurier

“Well, let her—she should see that he could be as indifferent as some other people.”

— Mark Twain

“His eyes bore into mine. He watches every nuance, every detail of every expression, as if his existence depends on it. He fucks with…

— Karen Marie Moning

“...it occurred to him that maybe the world wasn't so bad after all... gradually details he hadn't noticed began to come into focus... Almost…

— James Dashner

“And despite it all, he has never been able to abandon hope that his betters will someday notice him. Will someday accept him as…

— Kim Wright

“...without moving a muscle in his face, slips away; retreats, I think, to that sheltered place where his stories are kept. Perhaps we all…

— Pete Dexter

“He is where he is supposed to be. And yet the place he has found is also of his own choosing. That is a…

— Cormac McCarthy

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

“He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent. He began to think of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“By this time he had discovered that his neighbour was not very conversible; But whether her silence proceeded from pride, discretion, timidity, or idiotism,…

— Matthew Gregory Lewis