Staring Quotes - Page 40

• For a moment, staring down and realizing what I'd just done, I wanted to throw myself in after him, because surely there was no way I could go on living now.

  Richelle Mead

  Done, Goes On, Down And

  Richelle Mead (2009). “Blood Promise: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.224, Penguin

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• I’m staring into chocolate eyes. although my brain is clouded and I’m dizzy, I know enough to register that chocolate is the opposite of blue. I don’t want blue. Blue confuses me too much. Chocolate is straight-forward, easier to deal with.

  Simone Elkeles

  Eye, Blue, Opposites

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• But he doesn't love her. I invented that. It is a plot if you imagine people in love--the lazy looping criss crosses of love, blows, stares, tears. No. It doesn't happen. No love. People meet, touch, stare into one another's faces, shake their heads clear, move on, forget. It doesn't happen.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Moving, Blow, People

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• At teenage parties he was always wandering into the garden, sitting on a bench in the dark . . . staring up at the constellations and pondering all those big questions about the existence of God and the nature of evil and the mystery of death, questions which seemed more important than anything else in the would until a few years passed and some real questions had been dumped into your lap, like how to earn a living, and why people fell in and out of love, and how long you could carry on smoking and then give up without getting lung cancer.

  Mark Haddon

  Love, Teenage, Giving Up

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• Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, I thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching – a pale reflection of the fireworks of one mouth on another, but a reflection nonetheless. And in the almostness of the moment, I cared at least enough. I wasn’t sure whether I liked her, and doubted whether I could trust her, but I cared at least enough to try to find out. Her on my bed, wide green eyes staring down at me. The enduring mystery of her sly, almost smirking, smile. Five layers between us.

  John Green

  Sex, Eye, Reflection

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.63, Penguin

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• Peter,” Ashley asked softly, “Do you know what that was?” “Of course,” Peter said, much affronted. “A thimble.” “No,” said Ashley, staring, “That was a kiss.” “Didn’t it strike you as a little different from other thimbles you’ve had in the past?” Peter looked shifty. “Well, yes.” “Ha!” “It was my first thimble with tongue.” Peter told her with dignity.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Kissing, Past, Tongue

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• He was silent for a moment, staring out the window into the rain; I imagined he was contemplating the fact that his family's presence was turning the locals into giant dogs.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Dog, Rain, Giants

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• We are all humiliated by the sudden discovery of a fact which has existed very comfortably and perhaps been staring at us in private while we have been making up our world entirely without it.

  George Eliot

  Our World, Discovery, Facts

  George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.223, Penguin

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• Fang let out a low whistle. "Anyone know that Amazons could ride a giant bird?" Ethon gave him a duh stare. "Those of us who fought them, yeah, we know. How you think they keep kicking our asses?" "Cause you're pansies. Everyone knows that.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Bird, Causes

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “No Mercy”, p.272, St. Martin's Press

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• Sam gave Captain Suicide a droll stare. "How did you die again? Oh wait, I know this. 'I can take 'em. I don't need to wait for reinforcements. I can do it myself.' How'd that work out for you again?

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Suicide, Work Out, Waiting

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “No Mercy”, p.327, Macmillan

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• What? Is that boy crazy?" "Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think," Sazed said with a smile. "However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven't you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room?" "I thought he was just creepy.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Crazy, Thinking, Boys

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.366, Macmillan

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• Through the damp fabric of my coverall, bundled in my blanket, I feel naked. Raw. He sees more than I want, more than I can bear. It’s like standing before him ... while he stares at my scars, pitiless and unmoved.

  Ann Aguirre

  Naked, Fabric, Want

  Ann Aguirre (2008). “Grimspace”, p.145, Penguin

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• Oh, I can never get enough," he said. "Which, incidentally, is what your sister said to me when - " The carriage door flew open. A hand shot out, grabbed Will by the back of the shirt, and hauled him inside. The door banged shut after him, and Thomas, sitting bolt upright, seized reins of the horses. A moment later the carriage had lurched forth into the night, leaving Gabriel staring, infuriated, after it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Horse, Night, Doors

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

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• What?" Jace was still staring at her as if she'd told him she'd found one of the Silent Brothers doing nude cartwheels in the hallway.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Silent, Jace

  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.289, Simon and Schuster

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• ...she wasn't reading Deathly Hallows at all. Her book wasn't orange but rose and water and sand, and featured a kid on a broomstick and white unicorn. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. She didn't notice me staring at her. 'Oh, I envy you,' I thought, but was smiling for her. She had just begun.

  Melissa Anelli

  Book, Reading, Kids

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• I made it," you said, gruffly, "for you." You shoved it onto my finger. It was roughly carved, shaped from a lump of something colourful and cold...a ring made entirely from a gemstone. It was beautiful. It glinted emerald greens and blood reds over my skin, and had tiny flecks of gold catching the light. I couldn't stop staring at it. "Why?" I asked. You didn't answer that. Instead you touched the ring gently and looked piercingly at me, unsaid questions in your eyes.

  Lucy Christopher

  Beautiful, Eye, Light

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• It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.

  Kami Garcia

  Stars, Real, Rocks

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• Close your eyes and stare into the dark.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Eye, Dark

  "Extract: Thanks for the Memories" by Cecelia Ahern, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2009.

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• don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it does. and don't tell me i look fine because that's a lie.

  Jodi Picoult

  Lying, Doe, Looks

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.239, Simon and Schuster

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• Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more.

  Christopher Paolini

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Littles

  "Eragon". www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Why have you been staring at me ever since we met? Because I’m not the Gail Wynand you’d heard about. You see, I love you. And love is exception-making. If you were in love you’d want to be broken, trampled, ordered, dominated, because that’s the impossible, in the inconceivable for you in your relations with people. That would be the one gift, the great exception you’d want to offer the man you loved. But it wouldn’t be easy for you.

  Ayn Rand

  Love You, Love Is, Men

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.640, Penguin

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• Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat.

  Terry Pratchett

  Wall, Cat, Gun

  "Eric". Book by ‎Terry Pratchett, 1990.

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• I gave her my deluxe I'll-Kill-You-Later stare.

  Rick Riordan

  Rick Riordan (2006). “The lightning thief”

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• There’s nowhere to escape,” Dobey said, jamming his hands into his pockets and staring into the Valley. That’s not true, baby,” said Desiree. She took his hands and pulled him to her, wrapping her legs around his torso. She could feel the sobs in both of them, but quiet, silenced by the kiss. They could escape inside each other.

  Francesca Lia Block

  Baby, Kissing, Hands

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• Our stares connected and we were quiet for a long minute, united by our misery. At least he understood me and I understood him. "A fine pair we make,” he said. "Yeah.

  Ilona Andrews

  Long, Pairs, Misery

  Ilona Andrews (2008). “Magic Burns”, p.220, Penguin

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