Character Quote by P. D. James

“He was ridiculously handsome, tall, lean yet solid with muscle. Politely immoral, indifferent to censure. As if he knew he was irresistible in all…

— C.C. Gibbs

“She had the habit of making up virtuous qualities in a man to support her attraction.”

— Anonymous

“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner of our…

— Jeanette Winterson

“And the more I knew my feebleness, my flaws, and my shortcomings, the more I knew His gentleness toward me, His tender glance, His…

— Katie Davis Majors

“If he was not commonplace, it was through nothing remarkable in his mind, which was simply clear and practical, but through some combination of…

— William Dean Howells

“And she was attractive. She had an unusual mixture of innocence and individuality. A man who loved her might waken all kinds of passions…

— Anne Perry

“He studies virtues, vices, flaws and merits, the wisdom and puerility of others.”

— Stefan Zweig

“It was a pity that with his great qualities, his unselfishness and honor, his intelligence and sensibility, he should be so unlovable.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“If I were to have a man, he would need to be very gentle and understanding, patient and kind, thoughtful, softhearted, and yes, maybe…

— Kristen Ashley

“Then I thought of how strong I have become, how secure I feel with the person I now am, and how all along the…

— Veronica Roth

“All his gentleness, all his kindness, all the bright shining gorgeousness of his love, he had always given to someone else.”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“She had influenced him more than any person he had ever known. And always in this way coming before him without his wishing it,…

— Virginia Woolf