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Leigh Bardugo
“It's shame that lines my pockets, shame that keeps the Barrel teeming with fools ready to put on a mask just so they can have what they want with no one the wiser for it. We can endure all kinds of pain. It's shame that eats men whole.”
Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

Leigh Bardugo
“You were angry. Angry wears off. I needed you righteous.”
Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

Nita Prose
“I’ll never understand it—why people find the truth more shocking than lies.”
Nita Prose, The Maid

Nita Prose
“Laughs are just like smiles. People use them to express an array of confounding emotions.”
Nita Prose, The Maid

Nita Prose
“One thing I’ve learned in my business is that you can hide dirt for a while, but at some point, it all comes to the surface.”
Nita Prose, The Maid

“When they fail to kill your genius, they try to assassinate your character.”
Matshona Dhliwayo

Nita Prose
“I do sometimes feel angry. Especially when guests are careless. When they forget that their actions have an impact on others, when I’m treated like I don’t matter.”
Nita Prose, The Maid

“An academic degree never determines your destiny, but your character does.”
Shiva Negi

“A mirror reflects the face, but character mirrors the heart.”
Aloo Denish Obiero

Saroj Aryal
“Watch closely as your trust in them deepens: Does it yield more responsibility or manipulation? That's how you discern angels from the ordinary, hearts from the self-serving. Therein lies the test of character.”
Saroj Aryal

“A man with Godse's heart can never achieve Gandhi's dream—he can only leave scars, not freedom.”
Manikanta Balam

Faye Hollidaye
“What is your name, so that I may condemn you as well?" -- Kara”
Faye Hollidaye, The Other Way

Faye Hollidaye
“One does not accept a name. The ancestors choose our names for us. We do not have a choice of accepting — we are named and then are thus known as what we are named. There is no choice involved." -- Regra”
Faye Hollidaye, The Other Way

Faye Hollidaye
“You must truly hate me." -- Kewar”
Faye Hollidaye, The Other Way

“There’s no difference between slavery and poverty in this world.”
Kayla Cunningham

Will Raywood
“What truly matters isn’t your feelings or even those of your characters—it’s the emotional experience of your audience.”
Will Raywood, Trust Your Story: Master Storytelling and Build a Successful Creative Writing Career

Will Raywood
“In general, the best antagonists in fiction represent the protagonist’s Shadow. By confronting and ultimately defeating the antagonist, the hero reintegrates these disparate aspects of the self and becomes whole.”
Will Raywood, The Natural Laws of Story: Master the Art and Science of Engaging Narratives

HP Nero
“If this were the end of a life I got to spend with you, I would do it all again...”
HP Nero

HP Nero
“Hatred and love are flowers which bloom from the same seed.
You cannot hate something without first loving it—even if merely
the idea. If you were indifferent, you couldn’t be driven to hatred—to rage”
HP Nero, Kingdom of the Sun

“Character is like a mirror; though it may be tarnished by whispers of deceit, truth will eventually polish it to reveal its true reflection.”
Shaila Touchton

“Habits can be changed. Character cannot.
You can train yourself to wake up early, eat healthy, or quit smoking — but an evil heart stays evil. A cheating, lying person will always be just that.
The biggest mistake people make is thinking they can change someone’s character. They confuse habits with character.
One is behavior. The other is the soul”
Alex Haditaghi

Lex  Rose
“She actually wants to spend more time with me? I’m beginning to wonder if she’s as crazy as I am…”
Lex Rose, The Charleston Avenue Flower Shop: Nothing Good Comes From Doing Good...

“Pride delights in its clever schemes and reduces character to craft.”
Jo-Ann Triner, EdD

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