Staring Quotes - Page 8

• Patience. I colored patience gray, hung over with black clouds. I colored hope yellow, just like the sun we could see for a few short morning hours. Too soon the sun rose high in the sky & disappeared from view, leaving us bereft and staring at blue.

  Virginia C. Andrews

  Morning, Clouds, Blue

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• When your eyes are softly focused on the horizon for sustained periods, your brain releases endorphins. It's the same as a runner's high. These days, we spend our lives staring at screens twelve inches in front of us.

  Maria Semple

  Eye, Brain, Horizon

  Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.228, Hachette UK

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• I open the door wide to reveal the answer. They all look at Sean standing there with his hands in his pocket and the other hand around loaf of bread and it occurs to me all in a rush as they stare at him that Sean looks a little, just a little, like he's courting. I don't have time to explain the truth of it before Tommy laughs and jumps to his feet. "Sean Kendrick, the devil. How are you?

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Doors, Hands, Feet

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• I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I leave it blank.

  James Frey

  Suicide, Thinking, Sin

  James Frey (2004). “A Million Little Pieces”, p.66, Anchor

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• Tatiana...you and I had only one moment..." said Alexander. "A single moment in time, in your time and mine...one instant, when another life could have still been possible." He kissed her lips. "Do you know what I'm talking about?" When Tatiana looked up from her ice cream, she saw a soldier staring at her from across the street. "I know that moment," whispered Tatiana.

  Paullina Simons

  Ice Cream, Talking, Soldier

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• His face spreads into a warm smile. “As a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars – are you gettin’ all romantic on me, Camryn Bennett?” He looks at me with a playful sideward stare.

  J.A. Redmerski

  Stars, Looks, Matter

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• "Keep looking at me,” she said, laughing as though we were having an amusing conversation. “He’s staring at you. And I mean staring. That boy is undressing you with his eyes. Can you feel it?” Her expression was triumphant.
  Could I feel his stare? I can now, thanks, I thought.

  Tammara Webber

  Mean, Eye, Boys

  "Easy". Book by Tammara Webber, 2012.

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• I let my head fall forward into his shoulder, breathing in his scent. "Now what do we do?" He's quiet for a while and I finally lean back to look him in the eyes. He appears conflicted by something and then he sets me down on the ground, lacing his fingers through mine. "Should we see where the wind takes us?" he asks. I stare at my hand in his and then look up at him. "That sounds good to me.

  Jessica Sorensen

  Fall, Eye, Hands

  Jessica Sorensen (2013). “The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden”, p.130, Hachette UK

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• For God's sake, Stiff," he says. "You don't have to follow me," I say staring at the maze of bars above me. I shove my foot onto the place where two bars cross and push myself up, grabbing another bar in the process. I sway for a second, my heart beating so hard I can't feel anything else. Every thought I have condenses into that heartbeat, moving at the same rhythm. "Yes, I do," he says.

  Veronica Roth

  Moving, Heart, Two

  Veronica Roth (2013). “The Divergent Series Complete Collection: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant”, p.71, Harper Collins

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• You won," Four mutters. "Stop." I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.

  Veronica Roth

  Eye, Sweat, Looks

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.86, Harper Collins

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• I can't believe you just did that! Are you crazy?" I gripped the steering wheel tighter. "Why do people keep asking me that?" He turned to stare at me, his eyes worried. "Who else keeps asking you that? Are any of them doctors?

  Janette Rallison

  Crazy, Believe, Eye

  Janette Rallison (2009). “Just One Wish”, p.106, Penguin

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• I try to catch my breath and calm myself down, but it isn't easy. I was dead. I was dead, and then i wasn't, and why? Because of Peter? Peter? I stare at him. He still looks so innocent, despite all that he has done to prove that he is not. His hair lies smooth against his head, shiny and dark, like we didn't just run for a mile at full speed. His round eyes scan the stairwell and then rest on my face. "What?" he says. "Why are you looking at me like that?" " How did you do it?" I say.

  Veronica Roth

  Running, Lying, Eye

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• Tabitha checked her watch. It was almost ten. “I don’t know about you, but I’m famished. Want to go grab a bite?” Valerius gave her an amused stare. “You have to be the only woman alive who would ask a man with fangs that question.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Men, Watches, Alive

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Seize the Night”, p.108, Macmillan

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• Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting?

  Isaac Marion

  Echoes, People, Waiting

  Isaac Marion (2016). “Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• (Finland is a famously introverted nation. Finnish joke: How can you tell if a Finn likes you? He's staring at your shoes instead of his own.)

  Susan Cain

  Shoes, Likes, Finland

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.14, Broadway Books

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• Evil is simple and empty. Evil has no mysterious depths. We stare into a dark hole and fill it with our fears, but it is only a hole.

  Brent Weeks

  Dark, Simple, Evil

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• She looks like a jumper to me. Jumpers do that a lot, stand on the edge and stare out. Never kill yourself in a Tube station. Tip number one. You might end up down here forever, staring at the wall." Stephen coughed a little. "Just giving advice," Callum said.

  Maureen Johnson

  Wall, Numbers, Giving

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.132, Penguin

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• No one hid their interest when I walked into the room. I'm not sure if it was the news about Boo or my general appearance. At home, people would have asked. People would have been crawling all over me for information. At Wexford, they seemed to extract what they wanted to know by covert staring.

  Maureen Johnson

  Home, People, News

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.156, Penguin

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• It's us," Stephen said. "Oh, thank God," said a voice. Callum emerged from behind the Dumpster. Even with all that was going on, it was hard not to take notice of this: he wore only his underpants and his socks and shoes. ...I don't think I hid my staring very well either. "Go ahead and change," Stephen said, handing me the bag. "I'll go and get the car." "Please be quick," Callum added. "This is not as fun as it appears.

  Maureen Johnson

  Fun, Thinking, Shoes

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• Nick subjected him to a long, judgmental stare. "There's something very wrong with you," he said at last. "I thought you should know.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Long, Lasts, Judgmental

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Lexicon”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• (about Kindles) I have one and I use it most nights. I always imagine the books staring and whispering, Traitor!

  Robin Sloan

  Book, Night, Use

  Robin Sloan (2012). “Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore”, p.29, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Killed?" said Hagrid loudly, staring down at Harry. "Snape killed? What're yeh on abou', Harry?" "Dumbledore," said Harry. "Snape killed... Dumbledore.

  J. K. Rowling

  Hagrid, Said, Snape

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• See?" she says. "tricked you. You're always staring at your opponents eyes-but that gives you a bad peripheral view.If you want to track my arms and legs, you have to focus on my chest." I raise my eyebrow at that. "say no more.

  Marie Lu

  Eye, Views, Track

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• She looked back to see Sam standing there at the edge of the strip of sunlight inside Common Grounds, staring after her with an expression on his face like he'd lost his best- his only friend.

  Rachel Caine

  Expression, Faces, Common

  Rachel Caine (2007). “The Dead Girls' Dance: The Morganville Vampires”, p.63, Penguin

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• Chasing a burning girl down a city street is a lot harder than it sounds. Civilians tend to stop and stare and this turns them into human bowling pins. Slow whiny bowling pins.

  Richard Kadrey

  Girl, Cities, Sound

  Richard Kadrey (2012). “Kill the Dead (Sandman Slim, Book 2)”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

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