His Eyes Quotes - Page 7

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love, Wise, Philosophy

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.140, David R. Godine Publisher

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...he was like a man who stands upon a hill above the town he had left, yet does not say 'The town is near,' but turns his eyes upon the distant soaring ranges.

Thomas Wolfe

Eye, Men, Doe

Thomas Wolfe (1997). “Look Homeward, Angel”, p.508, Simon and Schuster

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I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

Orson Scott Card

Eye, Ears, Enders Game

Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set I: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon”, p.20, Macmillan

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I love these pet names," she said, gazing soulfully up into his eyes, "Nitwit. Sap skull. Termagant. How they make my heart flutter!

Loretta Chase

Eye, Heart, Names

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Nathaniel closes his eyes and jumps, his arms glued to his sides like that fly's. He doesn't try to break his fall, just hits hard, because it hurts less than everything else.

Jodi Picoult

Hurt, Fall, Eye

Jodi Picoult (2002). “Perfect Match”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear. Jude understood the impulse. Each beat of his heart was a fresh and staggering blow felt in the nerves behind his eyes and in his temples. Punishing evidence of life.

Joe Hill

Eye, Heart, Blow

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He was weeping. Although 'weeping' really is to small a word for the activity the kind had undertaken. Tears were cascading from his eyes. A small puddle had formed at his feet. I am not exaggerating. The king, it seemed, was intent on crying himself a river.

Kate DiCamillo

Kings, Eye, Rivers

Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.210, Candlewick Press

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How old are you? Twelve?" "Fourteen & three quarters." His eyes sparkled. "You're kind of little for fourteen and three quarters." "Am not," I replied indignantly. "I'm a sophomore this year. How old are you?" "Seventeen and two fifths." Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones.

Lisa Kleypas

Eye, Years, Two

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Where do you wanna belong?" I half whispered. His expression changed with quicksilver speed, amusement dancing in his eyes. "Anywhere they don't want me." -Hardy Cateses & Liberty Jones

Lisa Kleypas

Eye, Expression, Dancing

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his eyes took in the barren slopes and the scattered boulders and the lonley gray road windingits way into the fading hills,and i could feel him thinking to himself this is no place to die

Kevin Brooks

Eye, Thinking, Boulders

Kevin Brooks (2010). “The Road of the Dead”, p.58, Scholastic Inc.

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You so need to lighten up about that potato-launcher incident," Butch said. Phury rolled his eyes and eased back in the banquette. "You broke my window." "Of course we did. V and I were aiming for it." "Twice." "Thus proving that he and I are outstanding marksmen.

J.R. Ward

Eye, Needs, Potatoes

J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.97, Penguin

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He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful.

Don DeLillo

Eye, Voice, Shining

Don DeLillo (2015). “Underworld: Picador Classic”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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When Eleanor's arm touched his he felt his hands grow cold with deadly fear lest he should lose the shadow brush with which his imagination was painting wonders of her. He watched her from the corners of his eyes as ever he did when he walked with her-- she was a feast and a folly and he wished it had been his destiny to sit forever on a haystack and see life through her green eyes.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Eye, Destiny, Hands

F. Scott Fitzgerald (2016). “This Side of Paradise”, p.180, Xist Publishing

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Tom gets by, Navidson succeeds. Tom just wants to be, Navidson must become. And yet despite such obvious differences, anyone who looks past Tom's wide grin and considers his eyes will find surprisingly deep pools of sorrow. Which is how we know they are brothers, because like Tom, Navidson's eyes share the same water.

Mark Z. Danielewski

Brother, Eye, Past

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To know I was beautiful in his eyes made me beautiful.

Janet Fitch

Beautiful, Eye, Made

Janet Fitch (2013). “White Oleander”, p.51, Hachette UK

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Moonlight streamed in, sending loving beams over his face. He closed his eyes and basked in it, and I could tell it was calling to him, even though the moon was not full. She didn't speak to me, but Samuel had once described her song to me in the words of a poet. The expression of bliss on his face while he listened to her music made him beautiful.

Patricia Briggs

Beautiful, Song, Eye

Patricia Briggs (2011). “The Mercy Thompson Collection”, p.137, Penguin

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Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than ever before. Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart? It would all be gone...or at least, he would be gone from it. His breath came slow and deep, and his mouth and throat were completely dry, but so were his eyes.

J. K. Rowling

Heart, Eye, Miracle

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His eyes were eggs of unstable crystal, vibrating with a frequency whose name was rain and the sound of trains, suddenly sprouting a humming forest of hair-fine glass spines.

William Gibson

Rain, Eye, Glasses

William Gibson (2000). “Neuromancer”, p.220, Penguin

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He looked back at her, and when she saw the look on his face, she saw his eyes at Renwick’s, when he had watched the Portal that separated him from his home shatter into a thousand irretrievable pieces. He held her gaze for a split second, then looked away from her, the muscles in his throat working.

Cassandra Clare

Home, Eye, Looks

Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.584, Simon and Schuster

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choose now," he spat, his eyes practically shooing sparks. "me or him." gosh,Fang, you romantic fool," i said sarcastically."howw incredibly sexist pig of you.

James Patterson

Eye, Pigs, Sparks

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She threw up her hands. "All right. Why not?" Why not?" Sure." His arms fell to his sides. "That's it? I pour my heart out. I love you so much I've got freakin' tears in my eyes. And all I get in return is 'Why not'?" What did you expect? Am I supposed to fall all over you just because you've finally come to your senses?" Would it be too much to ask?"...He'd begun to glare at her again, his eyes growing stormier by the minute."When do you think you might be ready? To fall all over me, that is.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Fall, Love You, Heart

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Everybody finished the song at different times. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest. 'Ah music,' he said, wiping his eyes. 'A magic beyond all we do here!

J. K. Rowling

Song, Eye, Magic

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The day after his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that her shoes did not match. He was in a quandary: he wanted to point out the mistake, but was afraid he would hurt her. So, during the two hours they spent walking through the city together he kept his eyes focused on her feet. It was then he had his first inkling of what it means to suffer.

Milan Kundera

Mother, Hurt, Father

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I should have kissed more than your hand...thought I'd have more time," he whispered between liquid, panting breaths. "...too late now." I looked into his eyes and completely forgot the rest of the world. In that moment, all I knew was that I was holding Stark in my arms, and I was going to lose him very, very soon.

P. C. Cast

Eye, Hands, Should Have

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Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.

A. Lee Martinez

Eye, Silence, Looks

A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.277, Macmillan

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