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Personality Quotes


"Ronan did not smoke, he preferred his habits with hangovers."


"I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook."


"Oliver laughed - actually laughed."I like this new Claire," he said. "You should work her this hard all the time, Myrnin. She's interesting when she's forthright."Claire, possessed by the spirit of Eve, shot him the finger. Which made him laugh again, shake his head, and walk up the steps."



"Hardly anybody ever writes anything nice about introverts. Extroverts rule. This is rather odd when you realise that about nineteen writers out of twenty are introverts. We are been taught to be ashamed of not being 'outgoing'. But a writer's job is ingoing."


"May as well have ox blood running through those veins, I added, 'You're as stubborn as one."


"Humanism is not a single character. It is a magnificent blend of various emotional and behavioral traits that are unique to the human mind."


"I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey - is it possible that's attractive to women?"


"I swear to you, by my own stunning good looks and towering ego, that I am not lying to you."



"I feel like a Bull Moose."



"Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled."


"I am not gamesome: I do lack some partof that quick spirit that is in Antony."


"Possessed of that indescribable charm called grace."


"The regular I both feared and salivated to see was names Reyes Farrow. Where others exuded aggression, deception, and insecurity, he literally dripped confidence, sex, and power. Mostly sex."


"You're playing the creepy vibe a little hard, I said. "Might as well go for broke, put on a black top hat and pipe in some organ music."


"He is a man, I think," he said, "who cares for nothing but a joke. He is a dangerous man."Lambert laughed in the act of lifting some macaroni to his mouth."Dangerous!" he said. "You don't know little Quin, sir!""Every man is dangerous," said the old man, without moving, "Who cares only for one thing. I was once dangerous myself."


"Your wit is always such a delight, Mr. Zeklos. I can barely contain myself around it."



"Cecelia, as with every look and gesture she let us know, was entirely at ease only in the company of her equals " a company that included, besides herself, only her sister. And of course Cecelia held some secret doubts about herself; you can't dislike nearly everybody and be quite certain that you have exempted yourself."


"I do not have a beautiful face, soft skin or a pretty smile, but I know how to inspire a bunch of pretty and lovely girls."


"Some are afraid of being a mess, feared by the unknown and are horrified by an unplanned future; than, there is some of us who thrive through discovery , excited by unknown territories and intrigued by a future of mystery. How you tell these people apart; one is a thinker, thy other a feeler."


"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck."


"Now I get why I'm incapable of flirting for I can't Lie!"


"A person with no enemies is a person with no personality."


"And what little she allowed herself to say was said in a strained tone, in which her ingrained timidity paralysed her tendency to freedom and audacity of speech."


"Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty."


"Personality is a slot machine, and the cherries, lemons, and bells are your SSRI system, your schizophrenic tendency, your left/right brain lobalization, your anxiety proclivity, your wiring glitches, your place on the autistic and OCD spectrums - and to these we must add the deep-level influences of the machines and systems of intelligence that guided your brain into maturity."



"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."


"A person's authentic nature is a series of shifting, variegated planes that establish themselves as he relates to different people; it is created by and appears within the framework of his interpersonal relationships."


"I have always been a flirt. My mother says whe I was a child, I used to stand outside the house and just smile at everyone who walked by. Like, 'Please take me with you!'"


"I cannot do anything fake; that is why even when I sleep with a prostitute, she falls in love with me."


"You're such a cynic," Molly said."I think cynics are playful and cute."


"I have an immense appetite for solitude, like an infant for sleep, and if I don't get enough for this year, I shall cry all the next."


"I like being full of mystery and wonder, people always know im up to something but never know exactly what."


"On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone."


"I swear I've good morals. It's just that bad ones befriend me. I'm a friendly person, you know. But I will talk to them. Believe you me."


"The key is to keep charisma and charm positive and underpinned with sincere and good intentions."


"Oh, I forgot to mention it: My brother is the kind of man whom women stalk. In cooperative packs."


"I am not a morning person."


"A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles."


"I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy, those are practically prerequisites for playing lead guitar."


"I, too, was fiercely independent and thought I could make two equal four."


"Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility."


"Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous."


"A little difficult to know where you were with Elinor. She didn't reveal much of what she thought and felt about things. He liked that about her. He hated people who reeled off their thoughts and feelings to you, who took it for granted that you wanted to know all their mechanism. Reserve was always more interesting."


"Adrian was easily distractible by wacky topics and shiny objects."



"I think I give the impression of being a romantic, and I think inside I'm quite severe. But some might say they had the opposite impression of me."



"Only a mediocre person is always at his best."


"I'm genetically programmed to be a terrible person."
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