Looking-down-at-people Quote by Arundhati Roy

“He didn’t allow her to finish her sentence. Instantly, his chest touched hers, and her chin rose with the direction of his forceful grasp.…

— Aleatha Romig

“To have him look at her as if she was a piece of office equipment whose presence offended him but whom he was obliged…

— Judith McNaught

“said, forcing herself to meet his gaze and flash some”

— Helen Conrad

“He didn’t reply but by then she’d found something else to occupy her attention. His eyes. Though she’d expected them to be as serviceable…

— Cari Quinn

“There was to be no further talk of damning her eyes or of her interfering with his riding his own line. He was only…

— John Welcome

“As much as anything else, it was a stare, not so paradoxically, of a privacy-lover who, once his privacy has been invaded, doesn't quite…

— J.D. Salinger

“He rushed beyond the barrier and called to her to follow. He was shouted at to go on but he still called to her.…

— James Joyce

“He now clearly perceived the truth which was henceforth to be the centre of his life, namely, that while she was there, while he…

— Victor Hugo

“She didn’t argue or resist or even speak. She simply followed him, not knowing where he was taking her. The manner in which he…

— Kristen Morgen

“A moment ago, and how close she had been to him, of what importance in his life! And how aloof and remote from him…

— Leo Tolstoy

“If he knew anything of her habits, she was certain to be somewhere about. He was not looking for her. He was submitting himself…

— Patrick Hamilton

“Her name was Her, but what was hers? His name was His, and he presumed everything was his, including her, and he thought he…

— Rebecca Solnit