Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.
One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.
Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.
Perhaps what distinguishes my characters is their courage and spirit and a certain stubbornness which enables them to keep going even when facing a setback. I think this developed organically as I wrote, but also it came out of a desire to portray women as powerful and intelligent forces in the world.
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
I grew up in a family that despised displays of strong emotion, rage in particular. We stewed. We sulked. When arguments did occur, they were full-scale conniptions, and we regarded them as family failings.
As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.