Famous quotes containing the words external and/or speech:
“No real “vital” character in fiction is altogether a conscious construction of the author. On the contrary, it may be a sort of parasitic growth upon the author’s personality, developing by internal necessity as much as by external addition.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)