Appearance Minor Characters

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

    “When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “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)