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title: "7 Eyes Closing Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Eyes Closing quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Eyes Closing sayings and thoughts."
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> [Yeah, I must have been really bad in a past life or something." He smiled, his eyes still in pain. Reaching up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/yeah-i-must-have-been-really-bad-in-a-past-life-or-something-he/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/anonymous-1_alex_yeah-i-must-have-been-really-bad-in-a-pa_499832.jpg)

> [So why then has all my life made no sound and are your eyes closing even now? My life made no sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chevelle/so-why-then-has-all-my-life-made-no-sound-and-are-your-eyes-closing/)

Chevelle

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/chevelle-19526_life_so-why-then-has-all-my-life-made-no-soun_824354.jpg)

> [“You have to look!" Johnnie Walker commanded. "That's another one of our rules. Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/you-have-to-look-johnnie-walker-commanded-that-s-another-one-of-our/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/haruki-murakami-21_closing-your-eyes_you-have-to-look-johnnie-walker-commande_1052261.jpg)

> [Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing is going to disappear just because you can't see what is going on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/closing-your-eyes-isn-t-going-to-change-anything-nothing-is-going-to/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/haruki-murakami-21_closing_closing-your-eyes-isn-t-going-to-change_1752102.jpg)

> [The eyes of our souls only then begin to see when our bodily eyes are closing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-law/the-eyes-of-our-souls-only-then-begin-to-see-when-our-bodily-eyes-are/)

[William Law](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-law/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/william-law-8390_christian_the-eyes-of-our-souls-only-then-begin-to_2169248.png)

> [Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/am-i-such-a-bad-person-for-dreaming-of-a-world-that-ends-when-i-do-i/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

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> [Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/only-a-coward-closes-his-eyes-closing-your-eyes-and-plugging-up-your/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/anonymous-1_closing-your-eyes_only-a-coward-closes-his-eyes-closing-yo_2929873.jpg)

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