What did V. S. Pritchett mean by: A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point. - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom Copy
+ We are used to the actions of human beings, not to their stillness. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Action, Tranquility, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
+ Life — how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Habit, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
+ The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Greed, Mind, Spiritual Life, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
+ How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Guilt, Sin, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
+ We do not wish to be better than we are, but more fully what we are. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Wish, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
+ It is less the business of the novelist to tell us what happened than to show how it happened. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Happened, Novelists, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
+ A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Storytelling, Tales, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
+ Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, V. S. Pritchett, Criticism, Fashion, Stories, 0 - V. S. Pritchett Writer · United Kingdom
A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A well-born man is fortunate, but so is the man about whom people no longer ask, ‘is he well-born?’ Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It’s motive alone which gives character to the actions of men. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The character of the artist doesn’t enter into the nature of the art - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
She knew how to trust people… a rare quality, revealing a character far above average. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
