All the words the character spoke, he says, were taken from things his own father said.

Throughout the series, various characters can speak with or understand animals.

As in bad plays, the characters all speak with the same voice.

The more the characters spoke, the less they were able to explain.

Old characters that maybe you don't mind but you've heard spoken about.

One might think that this character speaks for the author.

Each time the target is hit, a different character speaks.

The characters do speak for themselves, to be sure - without introduction.

The stories, if not their characters, speak across distances to one another.

His characters spoke to each other and not just to the chorus.