Sentence examples for a character observing from inspiring English sources

Instead, the director trains his lens on the face of a character observing that violence.

"Language is like poppies," a character observes in Autumn.

In "Lithium for Medea," a character observes that a "lemon tree pushed blooms, blooms like poisoned tongues.

In Huysmans's 1891 novel, "Là-bas," a character observes, "From exalted mysticism to raging Satanism is but a step".

"Everybody's family was funny, except on the day you were driving toward them," a character observes in "Coydog," a story that unfolds almost entirely around the stove.

On two separate occasions in Babyville, a character observes that something is not real until you say it out loud and confide it in someone else.

As a character observes in "The Waverly Gallery," Kenneth Lonergan's stirring and soulful comic drama, it is as if Gladys Green's mind had been "smashed to pieces".

He has a character observe at one point, apropos of the way Ratatosk the evil squirrel seeks the destruction of his own home in Ygdrasil, that "people have destructive impulses.

"This matter is wondrous precious," a character observes, and given some of the sillier bits of business -- like having Everyman's relatives speak with Italian accents -- you think you know exactly what she means.

And in "1Q84" by Haruki Murakami, a character observes not only that his lover has no pubic hair, but also that "a freshly made ear and a freshly made vagina look very much alike".

"There's not much difference between journalism and espionage," a character observes in Downing's final novel featuring John Russell, a British-born newsman-cum-spy who would like more than anything to come in from the cold.