Great Character Description Quotes

“It was Miss Murdstone who was arrived, and a gloomy-looking lady she was; dark, like her brother, whom she greatly resembled in face and voice; and with very heavy eyebrows, nearly meeting over her large nose, as if, being disabled by the wrongs of her sex from wearing whiskers, she had carried them to that account. She brought with her two uncompromising hard black boxes, with her initials on the lids in hard brass nails. When she paid the coachman she took her money out of a hard steel purse, and she kept the purse in a very jail of a bag which hung upon her arm by a heavy chain, and shut up like a bite. I had never, at that time, seen such a metallic lady altogether as Miss Murdstone was.”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

“That is the voice of a place like this, where dead voices echo. They attract men and women of all kinds.
But only certain gods visit here…”
― Eric Nierstedt, SHADOW PANTHEON: (PANTHEON SAGA BOOK 2)

“I took ‘em because nobody else had found ‘em yet. I brought ‘em here ta be protected from mortals that didn’t know the kinda power they once had, that might try ta unlock it again.”
― Eric Nierstedt, SHADOW PANTHEON: (PANTHEON SAGA BOOK 2)

“Jane sobbed even harder, not noticing the sounds of footsteps coming up behind her. A cold wind blew, and she shivered in it. As her eyes hung between tears, she looked out and saw a shape where the car had been. It was a figure, slim and wrapped in a gray shroud. Almost the whole body was covered, save for a single blue eye that stared at her intently. Jane stared back until she felt a warm hand touch her shoulder and a cold voice whisper in her ear.
“You are never alone.”
― Eric Nierstedt, SHADOW PANTHEON: (PANTHEON SAGA BOOK 2)

“The man you are seeing is no man, Andy. He was Odin Borson, Allfather and King of Asgard. His wolves were Freki and Geri and his hall was Valhalla. He was my father and the father of many others. And he was your father.”
― Eric Nierstedt, SHADOW PANTHEON: (PANTHEON SAGA BOOK 2)

“She turned back to the spot where Kamala had been, and where the bow she'd held still was. Andrea walked over to it and picked it up. She ran her hands over it gently, feeling the intricate designs carved into it, the elegance of the metal guard. Andrea held it out before her and pulled the string back. It came easily, though with all the tensions of a thousand taut muscles. She relaxed the string and looked at the bow with a sad familiarity, as she uttered one word.
“Sister.”
― Eric Nierstedt, SHADOW PANTHEON: (PANTHEON SAGA BOOK 2)

“[H]e looked like a real bruiser as he stepped from his car, his big sunglasses giving the impression that a large bug had evolved to the point that it could wear a suit.”
― John Connolly, The Whisperers

“He was in his mid-thirties, tall and pale and thin, with long, sandy hair and rimless glasses, dressed in brown polyester pants, cheap brown shoes, and a light tan shirt. He looked like someone had put a wig on a giraffe and run it through the local Target.”
― John Connolly, The Whisperers

“There are moments of sincerity. Those moments float away like bubbles but he takes the trouble to dip the wand in the soap and blow them through.”
― Carole Radziwill, The Widow's Guide to Sex and Dating

“Earle had friendly written all over him the way that a plague rat had "Hug Me" emblazoned on its fur.”
― John Connolly, The Whisperers

“You made an offering of a battle of gods and demons," Joshua said. "That kind of offer does not go unnoticed. You awoke the souls of your kinsmen inside the mortals they have become.”
― Eric Nierstedt, SHADOW PANTHEON: (PANTHEON SAGA BOOK 2)