Her Eyes Quotes - Page 17

• The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her manners had been imposed upon her ... her eyes were her own.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Sweet, Eye, Green

  Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.1, Hamilton Books

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• She is standing on my lids And her hair is in my hair She has the colour of my eye She has the body of my hand In my shade she is engulfed As a stone against the sky She will never close her eyes And she does not let me sleep And her dreams in the bright day Make the suns evaporate And me laugh cry and laugh Speak when I have nothing to say

  Paul Eluard

  Dream, Sleep, Eye

  Paul Eluard, “L'Amoureuse”

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• Tessa exhaled. She hadn't realized that she had been holding her breath until that moment. Will must have heard her, for he raised his head and his gaze met hers across the clearing. Something in it made her look away. Agony stripped so raw was not meant for her eyes.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Agony, Looks

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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• When a man, however passively, becomes an obstacle to the fulfillment of a woman's desires, he becomes an odious thing in her eyes, - or will, given time enough.

  Theodore Dreiser

  Eye, Men, Desire

  Theodore Dreiser (1900). “Sister Carrie”, Doubleday Books

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• She did nothing to try to control the shakes that rattled her body,and didn't attempt to stop herself from crying. Tears left both of her eyes at the far corners,slipping out and flowing over her temples.Some landed in her ears. Some eased down her neck and were absorbed by the pillow.Others clouded her vision,as if they didn't want to leave home.

  J.R. Ward

  Home, Eye, Vision

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• You know how to be a good boy?" Anna widened her eyes in surprise. "Why, Archer, I'm certain I never recognized that quality in you.

  Lora Leigh

  Archer, Eye, Boys

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• She sticks her tongue out at me and crosses her eyes. Not sure why that made me want to do her in the backseat, but to each his own, I guess.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Eye, Want, Tongue

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• Who sleeps at night? No one is sleeping.
 In the cradle a child is screaming.
 An old man sits over his death, and anyone
 young enough talks to his love, breathes 
into her lips, looks into her eyes.

  Marina Tsvetaeva

  Children, Sleep, Eye

  Marina Tsvetaeva (2011). “Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems”, p.48, Carcanet

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• Ah. Medieval-style ransom.” Toot looked confused. “He did run some, but I stopped him, my lord. Like, just now. In front of you. Right over there.” There were several conspicuous sounds behind me, the loudest from my apprentice, and I turned to eye everyone else. They were all either covering smiles or holding them back— poorly. “Hey, peanut gallery,” I said. “This isn’t as easy as I’m making it look.” “You’re doing fine,” Karrin said, her eyes twinkling. I sighed. “Come on, Toot,” I said, and walked over to Hook.

  Jim Butcher

  Running, Confused, Eye

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• Simon stopped breathing until her forefinger touched his nipple, and then his hand shot up to cover hers. "I want you," he said. Her eyes flicked downward, and her lips curved ever so slightly. "I know." "No," he groaned, pulling her closer. "I want to be in your heart. I want-" His entire body shuddered when their skin touched. "I want to be in your soul.

  Julia Quinn

  Heart, Eye, Hands

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• She closed her eyes, dark-lidded, dark shadows beneath them; she really was older, not the glancing-eyed girl I had fallen in love with but no less beautiful for that; beautiful now in a way that less excited my senses than tore at my very heart.

  Donna Tartt

  Beautiful, Girl, Heart

  Donna Tartt (1993). “The Secret History: A Novel”, Ballantine Books

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• And then they would watch her closely as the dark, coagulated masses took form before her eyes, became flesh and bone, became gradually human. For all their show of reluctance, she had a sense that they enjoyed introducing her to these horrors, as seducers took pleasure in the corruption of innocence.

  Philip Sington

  Eye, Dark, Watches

  Philip Sington (2011). “The Einstein Girl”, p.7, Random House

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• Beatrice," she says. "Beatrice, we have to run." She pulls my arm across her shoulders and hauls me to my feet. She is dressed like my mother and she looks like my mother, but she is holding a gun, and the determined look in her eyes is unfamiliar to me.

  Veronica Roth

  Mother, Running, Eye

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• She paints her face to hide her face. Her eyes are deep water. It is not for Geisha to want. It is not for geisha to feel. Geisha is an artist of the floating world. She dances, she sings. She entertains you, whatever you want. The rest is shadows, the rest is secret.

  Arthur Golden

  Eye, Artist, Deep Water

  "Memoirs of a Geisha". www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Have you been smoking something? Seriously, I think you're a werewolf. This new snarky attitude is a dead giveaway." "And vampires aren't snarky?" Kylie rolled her eyes. "No, we're pissy. Snarky and pissy are two totally different things.

  C.C. Hunter

  Attitude, Eye, Thinking

  C. C. Hunter (2012). “Whispers at Moonrise”, p.27, St. Martin's Griffin

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• You've never had a hamburger before?" asks Christine, her eyes wide. "No," I say. "Is that what it's called?" "Stiffs eat plain food," Four says, nodding at Christina. "Why?" she asks. I shrug. "Extravagance is considered self-indulgent and unnecessary." She smirks. "No wonder you left." "Yeah," I say,rolling my eyes. "It was just because of the food." The corner of Four's mouth twitches.

  Veronica Roth

  Eye, Self, Rolling

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• The moment Eve bit into the apple, her eyes opened and she became free. She exposed the truth of what every woman knows: to find our sovereign voice often requires a betrayal.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Betrayal, Eye, Voice

  Terry Tempest Williams (2012). “When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice”, p.88, Macmillan

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• He handed her her cap and sunglasses, then put on his own while she frowned at them. “What is this?” “A disguise.” He grinned at her. “Dobie wants you to wear them. Let’s give him a break, or he might order fake mustaches and clown noses off the Internet.” She rolled her eyes, but put them on. “And what, this makes us look like twins? Where are your tits?” “You’re wearing them, and may I say they look spectacular on you.”' - Chasing Fire

  Nora Roberts

  Eye, Fire, Order

  Nora Roberts (2011). “Chasing Fire”, p.332, Penguin

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• I guess the answer would be yes." "Got to love that word." He kissed her so sweetly then, it brought tears to her eyes. "Got it in you to say it again?" And then he did the unthinkable. He went down on one knee.

  Cindy Gerard

  Eye, Tears, Would Be

  Cindy Gerard (2007). “To the Brink”, p.105, Macmillan

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• What did you say to the messanger mi'lady? Do you remember the exact words of your last proposal?" "I probably said, "Will you marry me?" Connor smiled. He pulled her toward him, lowered his head and kissed her just long enough to stun her. He lifted his head then, looked into her eyes, and finally spoke to her. "Yes Brenna. I will marry you.

  Julie Garwood

  Eye, Long, Lasts

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• She couldn't take her eyes off the boxers. Mostly, she had a view of the back, but he turned halfway when he looked over. She commanded herself not to look at the front flap, which, of course, was exactly what she honed in on. He spit and put his mouth under the tap to get some water. All while just wearing underwear. All while she just stared at the crucial spot of the Action Pants.

  Maureen Johnson

  Eye, Views, Water

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• There's never been a moment,' he barely said, 'when I didn't recognize you.' She wiped her eyes. Her mascara smeared. He nudged the merry-to-round into motion. He could kiss her now. If he wanted. 'I'd know you in the dark,' he said. 'From a thousand miles away. There's nothing you could become that I haven't already fallen in love with.' He could kiss her. 'I know you,' he said.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Eye, Dark, Kissing

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• And she looks at me with her eyes open wide and a face that says: Oh my God, I'm muckin' around in my sexy Jesus-boots, in my crazy dreamworld, and I've opened the door and let you in on my crazy dreamworld and that's so embarrassing but, actually, who cares? because it's funny.

  Jaclyn Moriarty

  Sexy, Jesus, Crazy

  Jaclyn Moriarty (2010). “The Ghosts Of Ashbury High”, p.2, Scholastic Inc.

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• ...but her eyes had had too much in them and his heart way too little for things to keep going.

  J.R. Ward

  Heart, Eye, Littles

  J. R. Ward (2011). “Lover Unleashed: Number 9 in series”, p.139, Hachette UK

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• She closed her eyes and jumped. For a moment she felt herself hang suspended, free of everything. Then gravity took over, and she plunged toward the floor. Instinctively she pulled her arms and legs in, keeping her eyes squeezed shut. The cord pulled taut and she rebounded, flying back up before falling again. As her velocity slowed, she opened her eyes and found herself dangling at the end of the cord, about five feet above Jace. He was grinning. 'Nice', he said. 'As graceful as a falling snowflake.

  Cassandra Clare

  Nice, Fall, Eye

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.1259, Simon and Schuster

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