Character Quote by Sam Pressman

“It was strange that Walter with all his cleverness should have so little sense of proportion. Because he had dressed a doll in gorgeous…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Katz couldn't have said exactly why Walter mattered to him. No doubt part of it was simply an accident of grandfathering: of forming an…

— Jonathan Franzen

“It seemed impossible that their first use of that particular blend had evoked such a power empathic connection, and yet this time, Walter was…

— Christa Faust

Big Walter used to say, he'd get right wet in the eyes sometimes, lean his head back with the water standing in his eyes…

— Lorraine Hansberry

I have a lot of Walter Mitty in me.

— Mike Webster

“Sir Walter took this to mean he had not –which Sir Walter was glad of, for Sir Walter thought a great deal of a…

— Susanna Clarke

“I tried to leave you alone, Fitz. To find what peace you could, even if it excluded me from your life.” Ten years ago,…

— Robin Hobb

Fahlberg is a scoundrel. It nauseates me to hear my name mentioned in the same breath with him.

— Ira Remsen

Just as the office worker dreams of murdering his hated boss and so is saved from really murdering him, so it is with the…

— Ernesto Sabato

“James Potter sat up in his bed, stifling a gasp. He listened very intently, peering around the darkened sleeping chamber. All around him were…

— G. Norman Lippert

“He was a seer of visions and a dreamer of dreams, unconsciously charming and unfailingly kind.”

— Anne Rice

He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in disappointments reversed and luck that lasted.

— Alice Hoffman