His gaze kept sliding in my direction, then zipping back…

she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face.

— Alan Hollinghurst

“though her gaze kept tracking nervously to the blue sky framed by the dome, expecting any minute steeply banking wings there, fire or smoke.…

— David G. Hartwell

“After the news Kate had called him with last night, Grady found himself wishing there was more than coffee in his cup. There was…

— Tracy Ewens

“The last thing I remembered was making eye contact with Emanuel in the rearview mirror before slipping out of consciousness.”

— Danielle Allen

Crowds are the most difficult thing for me these days because I have to walk with my head down and my eyes averted. There's…

— Cameron Diaz

If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that Im incapable of making eye…

— Joel

You look out into the audience and you see so much joy on people's faces. You make eye contact with people who are almost…

— Christine McVie

“Eye Contact. Direct eye contact is one of the best compliments you can give to another. You are subliminally telling them that you are…

— Susan C. Young

Direct eye contact can either be really cute, awkward, or creepy.

— Anonymous

“The first language humans had was gestures. There was nothing primitive about this language that flowed from people’s hands, nothing we say now that…

— Nicole Krauss

Dogs seek attention from you. But by paying them that attention when they want it, you're reinforcing the bad or hyperactive or anxious behavior…

— Cesar Millan

“There are exes with whom it is too dangerous to allow even a moment’s eye contact. These are not exes at all, and never…

— Josh Wagner

“Having to talk to people was the one thing, but soliciting conversation was something else. If I acted squirmy or didn't make eye contact,…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

Becoming famous is a really shocking thing, especially when you don't have aspirations to it. It got to the point where I would try…

— Alison Moyet

She'd read once that if you ran into a bear in the woods you should avoid eye contact and you shouldn't run away, but…

— Anne Ursu