Character Quote by Lorrie Moore

“nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point…

— Jane Austen

There did not have to be a moral. She need only show separate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that…

— Ian Mcewan

“She was right about one thing: the harm in the world is done by those who feel disenfranchised and abused. Contented people (as a…

— Sue Grafton

“I found that Nancy had a very advanced formulation of equity, ethics, and morals. It was as exceptional as it was different from the…

— Hilaire Hiler

What is morality, she asked. Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to…

— Ayn Rand

The stories are most often about justice. In her stories, those who commit injustice, or act tyrannically, come to no good. They are punished.

— Marina Warner

Treating everyone she met like family, and burying needless critism of others so deep beneath the soil of everyday living that only kindness ever…

— Jason F. Wright

“Nor could she help feeling, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point…

— Jane Austen

“And of course they used her like a disposable object, without regret or apology, because that’s what privilege is—the license to treat other people…

— Tom Perrotta

The woman had a humble, cringing manner. Of course, she had discovered that, having neither money nor virtue, she had better be humble if…

— Jean Rhys

“She was a dedicated churchgoer, devoted do-gooder, and throbbing artery of village gossip. She sharpened her tongue on the loose lives of others and…

— Christina McKenna

“one of the first things her friend Ginika told her was that “fat” in America was a bad word, heaving with moral judgment”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie