Appearance Minor Characters

Famous quotes containing the words appearance, minor and/or characters:

    “Men of all professions affect such an air and appearance as to seem to be what they wish to be believed to be—so that one might say the whole world is made up of nothing but appearances.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “A certain minor light may still
    Leap incandescent

    Out of kitchen table or chair
    As if a celestial burning took
    Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then—”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That’s what their substance is.”
    —Jonathan Miller (b. 1936)