Famous quotes containing the words character and/or roots:
“A man’s character is his fate.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 BC)
“Look at this poet William Carlos Williams: he is primitive and native, and his roots are in raw forest and violent places; he is word-sick and place-crazy. He admires strength, but for what? Violence! This is the cult of the frontier mind.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)