Quote by Terry Pratchett

“He perceived with dismay that the sort of frightful calm which the injustice of his misfortune had conferred upon him was giving way within…

— Victor Hugo

“He had to learn that those who treated him in a hostile way did so out of weakness. He saw the hostility and reacted…

— Ken Follett

“He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the…

— Julia Quinn

“he sometimes felt himself to be a painfully prosaic person, but by the same token he knew he was incurably sane.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“Even I would be moved by his kindness at times, but he could, just as easily, be malicious and cruel. He was both a…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Julie Anne Long

“He knew that there was no quick comfort for emotions like those. They were deeper and they did not need to be told. They…

— Lois Lowry

“...he was so horribly unhuman, that one shuddered to think that tender women and fair children must, of necessity, confess to fellowship of kind…

— Marcus Clarke

“Men are beasts, selfish and brutal. However gentle the words, there are always darker motives underneath.”

— George R.R. Martin

“He was entirely rid of his nervous misgivings, of his forced aggressiveness, of the imperative desire to show himself different from his surroundings. He…

— Willa Cather

“He felt nervous and excited an happy and kind of filled with dread, all at the same time. It was the most emotion he'd…

— James Patterson

“His words saddened them greatly, though they couldn't say why.”

— Roberto Bolaño