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“You should have noticed by now, sometimes a monster looks just like any other man.”

Book:In the Land of Armadillos: Stories

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“What would you tell her about me?” He did not just ask that. “You did not just ask that.” She chuckled. “I’m serious,” he smiled. “Very well, if you must know, I would say that you are arrogant and foolish, too handsome for your own good and far too cognizant of your own intellect. Unbending, unsympathetic, dogmatic, pig-headed—” “Handsome?” he interrupted, unable to keep the smile from his face. “And intelligent?” “Don’t forget arrogant.”

Character Humorous

Book:The Runaway Countess

Source: The Runaway Countess

“Be a good listener in the special way a story requires: note the manner of presentation; the development of plot, character; the addition of new dramatic sequences; the emphasis accorded to one figure or another in the recital; and the degree of enthusiam, of coherence, the narrator gives to his or her account.”

Character Plot Story

Book:The Call Of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination – A Study of How Listening Promotes Learning and Self-Discovery

Source: The Call Of Stories: Teaching and the Moral Imagination – A Study of How Listening Promotes Learning and Self-Discovery

“Remember, a person's character is not only judged by the company he or she keeps but also by the company he or she avoids.”

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Book:You Can Win : A Step by Step Tool for Top Achievers

Source: You Can Win : A Step by Step Tool for Top Achievers

“My kinfolks thought more about character than about culture. They said culture could be acquired but character had to be formed. Character had to be hammered into shape like hot iron on an anvil. It had to be molded in the most exact and unrelenting form.”

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Book:Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory

Source: Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory

“You can't conceive the perverse ingenuity he could put into hiding his affections.”

Character Humor Humour Emotions

Book:The Token

Source: The Token

“She, the clear heart'ed soul shall show a small crack (in heart) as clearly as the equally transparent, but dirty rogue can cleverly hide it.”

Character Transparent

Author:Prof Priyavrat Thareja

“Isn’t it interesting how luxury has an unmistakable scent, as unmistakable as fear or death?”

Character Luxury Character Quote The Maid

Book:The Maid

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“Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.”

Character Education Talent Personality Parenthood

Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”

Character Personality Open Doors

Author:Elmer Leterman

“I believe that this suffering, which Miss Hale says is impressed on the countenances of the people of Milton, is but the natural punishment of dishonestly-enjoyed pleasure, at some former period of their lives. I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character.”

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Book:North and South

Source: North and South

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