Dusty/characters

Famous quotes containing the words dusty and/or characters:

“Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul
When hot for certainties in this our life!”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)

“I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility—I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)