Lovely Face Quotes

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Roald Dahl

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.151, Penguin

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A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

Saadi

Heart, Keys, Lovely

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She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Grace, Lovely, Faces

1832 Poems,'The Lady of Shalott' (revised 1842), pt.4, l.168-71.

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One had a lovely face,
And two or three had charm,
But charm and face were in vain.
Because the mountain grass
Cannot keep the form
Where the mountain hare has lain.

William Butler Yeats

Two, Poetry, Lovely

William Butler Yeats (2000). “The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats”, p.125, Wordsworth Editions

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Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear, All the Knights at Camelot; But Lancelot mused a little space He said, "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Cheer, Space, Knights

1832 Poems,'The Lady of Shalott' (revised 1842), pt.4, l.168-71.

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How much wit, good-nature, indulgences, how many good offices and civilities, are required among friends to accomplish in some years what a lovely face or a fine hand does in a minute!

Jean de la Bruyere

Beauty, Hands, Years

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To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the blade. Before the story ended, he'd removed the iron sliver I thought I'd die from. I can't remember the tale, but hear his voice still, a well of dark water, a prayer. And I recall his hands, two measures of tenderness he laid against my face.

Li-Young Lee

Fathers Day, Dad, Prayer

Li-Young Lee (1986). “Rose: Poems”, p.15, BOA Editions, Ltd.

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The professor leaned forward. “But there’s nothing more profound than creating something out of nothing.” Her lovely face turned fierce. “Think about it Cath. That’s what makes a god—or a mother. There’s nothing more intoxicating than creating something from nothing. Creating something from yourself.

Rainbow Rowell

Mother, Thinking, Creating

Rainbow Rowell (2016). “The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection”, p.516, St. Martin's Griffin

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Give up the struggle and the fight; relax in the omnipotence of the Lord Jesus; look up into His lovely face and as you behold Him, He will transform you into His likeness. You do the beholding - He does the transforming. There is no short-cut to holiness.

Alan Redpath

Jesus, Giving Up, Struggle

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He came over in long purposeful strides, sat at the edge of her bed, and in a tender, possessive gesture wiped the lipstick off her lips. “What is that?” he asked. “All the other girls wear it,” Tatiana said, quickly wiping her mouth, breathless at the sight of him. “Including Dasha.” “Well, I don’t want you to have anything on your lovely face,” he said, stroking her cheeks. “God knows, you don’t need it.

Paullina Simons

Girl, Sight, Long

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George turned to her. His blue eyes widened. His lovely face took on a forlorn, deeply troubled expression. He leaned forwar, and, in a theatrical whisper, said, 'My past is tragic. I wouldn't want to burden you with it. It's a pain I must suffer alone. In the rain. In silence.

Ilona Andrews

Pain, Rain, Eye

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Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why
Should wise men grieve to know that they must die?
The Judas blossom fades, the lovely face
Of light is dimmed, and darkness takes its place.

Abolqasem Ferdowsi

Wise, Men, Grieving

Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2016). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.58, Penguin

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