I have had more than one brother, and I have never let…

Not the swart Pariah in some Indian grove, Lone, lean, and hunted by his brother's hate, Hath drunk so deep the cup of bitter…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Dahlia’s breath hissed out of her throat. Slowing the boat, she swung back toward him, glaring. “ What is so damned fascinating about breasts?…

— Christine Feehan

They chose me for Lawrence of Arabia because I spoke English, had black hair, black eyes and a moustache. It was all luck.

— Omar Sharif

“My fingers combed through my dark hair, short and straight, landing in choppy, uneven ends nearly level with my chin. The color reminded me…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“There, there, sweetin’,” he murmured into her hair. “He loved me, he truly did,” she gasped. “I know he did,” Michael said. “And I…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“She didn’t want to give the murder-pornography frame by frame. Didn’t want to recite her route across Manhattan, the length of the knife blade…

— Chris Pavone

“Oh my! What happened to your face?” Cameron raised her hands to her face, remembering the moment of impact and how her nose had…

— Marie Force

“In his eyes, those dazzling near-black eyes, more important to me than our love or lust or friendship, was a look of pure trust.”

— Anonymous

“Mrs. Pott's beady black eyes narrowed,"Do you know how many glass slippers I have to stitch when I get home? There's a Mad Hatter…

— Sophie Avett

So cut my wrists and black my eyes.

— Hawthorne Heights

“Still, there was no point in hurting Damon. She loved Damon, too. “I’ll try,” she promised. “We’ll take you home,” he said. “But not…

— L.J. Smith

“He wants to say, because Anne is not a carnal being, she is a calculating being, with a cold slick brain at work behind…

— Hilary Mantel

A sucker punch came flying from somewhere in the back. As soon as we can see clearly with our big black eye, we're going…

— Toby Keith

As in 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" The skull howled with laughter. "You just got your ass handed to you by a nursery tale?""I…

— Jim Butcher

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best…

— William Rounseville Alger