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title: "4 Examined Face Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Your fortune is yet doubtful: when I examined your face, one trait contradicted another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/your-fortune-is-yet-doubtful-when-i-examined-your-face-one-trait/)

[Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/charlotte-bronte-144_wealth_your-fortune-is-yet-doubtful-when-i-exam_313875.jpg)

> [“For the hundredth time, he examined his face in the bathroom mirror, patiently touched every scratch with the styptic pencil, and repowdered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/for-the-hundredth-time-he-examined-his-face-in-the-bathroom-mirror/)

[patricia highsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-highsmith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/patricia-highsmith-3982_duality_for-the-hundredth-time-he-examined-his-f_1119556.jpg)

> [“Pauline examined her face for a few seconds more, her jaw set. And then she smiled a little, not kindly, raising her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-mcdermott/pauline-examined-her-face-for-a-few-seconds-more-her-jaw-set-and-then/)

[Alice McDermott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-mcdermott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/alice-mcdermott-1961_big-head_pauline-examined-her-face-for-a-few-seco_3005929.jpg)

> [Past middle age, some friends suggested that I should have my eyebags removed, the deepening creases on my face stretched. I often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-sionil-jos/past-middle-age-some-friends-suggested-that-i-should-have-my-eyebags/)

[F. Sionil Jose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-sionil-jos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/f-sionil-jos-2399_age_past-middle-age-some-friends-suggested-t_3205629.png)

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