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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
shadow awful degrees
As the gloom and shadow thickened behind him, in that place where it had been gathering so darkly, it took, by slow degrees, - or out of it there came, by some unreal, unsubstantial process - not to be traced by any human sense, - an awful likeness of himself!
shadow ordinary encounters
If you encounter a human shadow burned permanently into the concrete in Hiroshima, you realize that this is the trace of a very ordinary person now elevated into the emblematic. Time, shame, complicity, or discomfort are the only things that make us pretend History is impersonal or far removed from the power and consequences of our every lived moment. Chris Abani
shadow prestige money-and-power
Prestige is the shadow of money and power. C. Wright Mills
shadow
somethings can only be seen in the shadows Carlos Ruiz Zafon
shadow towns monsters
I’m a monster,” said the shadow of the Marquess suddenly. “Everyone says so.” The Minotaur glanced up at her. “So are we all, dear,” said the Minotaur kindly. “The thing to decide is what kind of monster to be. The kind who builds towns or the kind who breaks them. Catherynne M. Valente
shadow release
Your shadow will always release whatever overshadows you Bill Johnson
shadow world spotlight
Let's pursue a walk with God so close that the spotlights of this world-be they for us or against us-are eclipsed by His enormous shadow cast on our path. Beth Moore
shadow shy adulation
I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation. Bill Wyman
shadow
We're going to have to shadow someone else. Patrik Elias
flaws sin multitudes
Will covers a multitude of flaws, just as love covers a multitude of sins. Brent Weeks
flaws good ignore seemed
She could see the good in all people. See seemed to ignore the flaws and frailties.
flaws grew life normally open people
I grew up a very open and free mind, but also with the flaws of a look on life with too much liberty than people normally have. Adriano Giannini
flaws behavior eragon
Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior. Christopher Paolini
flaws spread
I was spread out dailyand examined for flaws. Anne Sexton
flaws shows
Don't show your flaws. Drew Barrymore
flaws found pitcher
I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw. Dan Quisenberry
flaws enough excellent
Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent. Debbi Fields
flaws insecure mail realize saying women
I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have. Tyra Banks