For your amusement

I posted over at the Tenners about some of my favorite secondary characters (in other people's books, not my own).

Also, today, I give you a quote from another book just bursting with a fascinating supporting cast:
"'They've a temper, some of them--particularly verbs: they're the proudest--adjectives you can do anything with ...'"

That's Humpty Dumpty speaking, from Lewis Carroll's THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. But I don't know if I can claim to agree with his next line:
"'... however, I can manage ...