Well, we never expected this! " they all say. "No one liked her. They all said she was pretentious, awkward, difficult to approach, prickly, too fond of her tales, haughty, prone to versifying, disdainful, cantankerous, and scornful. But when you meet her, she is strangely meek, a completely different person altogether! " How embarrassing! Do they really look upon me as a dull thing, I wonder? But I am what I am. . Murasaki Shikibu
About This Quote

This quote is from the play "Macbeth" by Shakespeare. When the witches say that they never expected that Macbeth would kill Duncan, they are referring to the fact that they were not pleased with his character before he killed Duncan. The witches are talking about how people see you before you meet them and then how another person sees you when you interact with them.

Source: The Diary Of Lady Murasaki

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