Certain Quote by Anonymous

“The eyes were dark and startling. They held such a wealth of intellect and of twinkling gaiety that his glasses seemed to be worn…

— Ayn Rand

The shadow of the Venetian blind on the painted wall, Shadows of the snake-plant and cacti, the plaster animals, Focus the tragic melancholy of…

— John Ashbery

“Eyes that looked out into the world, that took in so cleverly light, shape, and movement--why should it be important what they themselves looked…

— Katherine Min

“There is nothing to be found in human eyes, and that is their terrifying and dolorous enigma, their abominable and delusive charm. There is…

— Jean Lorrain

The madness of the eyes is the lure of the abyss. Sirens lurk in the dark depths of the pupils as they lurk at…

— Jean Lorrain

Scriptura sacra mentis oculis quasi quoddam speculum opponitur, ut interna nostra facies in ipsa videatur. Holy scripture is placed before the eyes of our…

— Pope Gregory I

The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked, unclear as…

— Tim Birkhead

There are people whose eyes you must avoid, whose attention you must not draw to yourself. They are strange, parasitic creatures, lost souls seeking…

— John Connolly

What did it mean, the first time, a thinking creature looked deeply into another's eyes? Did it take a hundred thousand years before this…

— Don DeLillo

As a painter, cursed or blessed with a terrible and vital sensuousness, I must look for wisdom with my eyes. I repeat, with my…

— Max Beckmann

Here, in the bare dark face of night A calm unhurried eye draws sight We see in what we think we fear The cloudings…

— Iain Banks

“But the eyes that he liked the least were horrible pale bulbous sort of eyes. “Insect eyes,” he thought, “not animal eyes, only they…

— J.R.R. Tolkien