Food for Thought, Across the Worlds

>> Characters can certainly teach us a lot. I once had an rpg priest character from a mercantile background whose classic quote was, "Virtue need not be unprofitable." <<

I love that!

Among my favorite sayings that originated with my characters are "Gently if possible, firmly if necessary" and "If you can't lower the price, raise the profit." (The latter actually refers to costly personal lessons, rather than cash.)

My first glimpse of good sportsmanship, a sense I do not natively have, came from my centaur archer Bayfeather. I like to pick something I don't have and run a roleplaying character with it, to see if I can pick it up. But I can get things from writing characters too -- it's taken about 20 years, but my desertfolk's math knack has started to rub off on me. Very disconcerting, since I myself am no good at math and this is a totally different talent than the human standard version, but it has its uses.