Unlikable Characters Quotes & Sayings

I only count the hours that shine. — Cassandra Clare

We should believe in quality of books rather than quantity of books. — M.H. Rakib

Unlikable characters in books are interesting. Unlikable characters in life are hell. — John King

I was recently cautioned about some 'difficult' characters in a work-in-progress, and I was surprised at first to hear them labeled as such. On second glance, there was nothing more difficult about them than anyone I know. But in a book you are privy to an interior world which exposes the uglier parts that in life we get to hide. Arguably, all characters should be somewhat unlikable. — Lisa Lutz

In the end, it does not matter how much you suffered, but how much you enjoyed the life. — Debasish Mridha

Just then a bullet zips between us. That gets my pants off pretty quick. — Sam A. Patel

Watching 'Girls,' it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters. — Jill Soloway

Then she did see it there - just a face, peering through the curtains, hanging in midair like a mask. A head-scarf concealed the hair and the glassy eyes stared inhumanly, but it wasn't a mask, it couldn't be. The skin had been powdered dead-white and two hectic spots of rouge centered on the cheekbones. It wasn't a mask. It was the face of a crazy old woman. Mary started to scream, and then the curtains parted further and a hand appeared, holding a butcher's knife. It was the knife that, a moment later, cut off her scream.
And her head. — Robert Bloch

But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard. — Sarah Dessen

I think the greatest thing that we can do is take care of each other. — Sophia Bush

I'm going to be mad at you for the rest of my life. — Cheryl Strayed

Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now ... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity. — Bell Hooks

Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us. — Henri Nouwen

In our time, what is at issue is the very nature of man, the image we have of his limits and possibilities as a man. History is not yet done with its exploration of the limits and meanings of human nature. — C. Wright Mills

There are lots of unlikable characters in literature. It doesn't mean they're not fascinating. — Lynne Tillman

You can love infinity, eternity, Scotty dogs, sports, work, play, the feelings of being alive, the earth, the sky, the fire, the wind ... there's a lot you can love. — Frederick Lenz

Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly programmed into our hard drive. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed. — John C. McGinley

That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When characters are unlikable, they don't meet our mutable, varying standards. Certainly we can find kinship in fiction, but literary merit shouldn't be dictated by whether we want to be friends or lovers with those about whom we read. — Roxane Gay

Everything we do, I'd imagine, influences everything we will do. — Nick Flynn

Does she know I feel immobile and fixed, lost in her? — Anais Nin