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“Every character in a story, I thought when I had folded up the phone, has both a purpose and a secret purpose.”

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Book:All Those Vanished Engines

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All Those Vanished Engines

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Paul Park

Paul Park, born in 1954, is an American author known for his works in the fields of novels, short stories, and poetry. His writing is characterized by its unique narrative style and profound humanistic concerns. more

“TO what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is good. It is apparent that there is no death. But what does that signify? Not only under ground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots. Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.”

Life Poetry Beauty Poem Spring Seasons Poems April

Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Virtues are the internal qualities that allow us to be our best selves and enable us to lead complete and fulfilling lives.”

Character Virtues

Author:Jonathan V. Last

“Oh, mercy, there is nothing monstrously ugly about you. Ruth may be unpleasing, but you are merely plain. If anything, it's my beauty that's monstrous, for it sweeps away any other aspect of my character.”

Character Beauty

Author:Gregory Maguire

“As Plato: What is play and delightful one kind of child is coercion and torture for another, and will not take no matter how much coercion is applied.”

Character Education Parenting

Book:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away

Source: Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away

“The politeness which she had been brought up to practice as a duty made it impossible for her to escape; while the want of that higher species of self-command, that just consideration of others, that knowledge of her own heart, that principle of right which had not formed any essential part of her education, made her miserable under it.”

Character Self Knowledge

Author:Jane Austen

“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”

Character Patience Good Character Patience And Love Development Of Character

Author:Heraclitus

“She lives like tomorrow isn't coming and yesterday never happened.”

Mind Character Power Personality Tomorrow Determination Will No Regrets Drive Strippers Gumption One Shot

Book:Write like no one is reading

Source: Write like no one is reading

“He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.”

Character Contentment Maturation

Book:The Republic

Source: The Republic

“A man’s character is most evident by how he treats those who are not in a position either to retaliate or reciprocate.”

Character Power Morality Maxims Secular Morality

Author:Paul Eldridge

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