Glances Quotes

410 Glances quotes by 324 unique authors

A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon. — Eoin Colfer
I used to analyze myself down to the last thread, used to compare myself with others, recalled all the smallest glances, smiles and words of… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Thatʹs a dangerous look,ʺ said Dimitri, giving me a brief glance before returning his eyes to the road. ʺWhat look?ʺ I asked innocently. ʺThe one… — Richelle Mead
They had stopped now and he gave a glance up at the sky, through the trees, as though to see how much time was left.… — Kathleen Winsor
Or perhaps all those things you missed upon first glance mean much more than you could ever guess. — Sara Shepard
They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one is so easily… — Daphne du Maurier
Eye contact was a delicate matter. A quarter second of a shared glance was a violation of agreements that made the city operational. — Don DeLillo
Oh, Myr," he chokes out. "I hate having to ask this of you..." He glances towards the car again, and I crouch down in the… — Margaret Haddix
The room was quiet, the others flicking glances at me. I ignored them. After years in Sounis's palaces being eyed with disgust by my uncle… — Megan Whalen Turner
She gave Pretty Boy a surreptitious glance. Did he honestly expect her to believe he was gay? True, there were the gay boots and those… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
My head grew muddled with it all; the silly ways adults acted with one another, never saying what they meant, trusting in sighs and glances… — Melanie Benjamin
I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivid, restless, resolute captive… — Charlotte Bronte
Brave words in a room full of pulseless creatures. Spade gave Don a disgusted glance while Rodney just licked his lips. No doubt he was… — Jeaniene Frost
The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
She is nine, beloved, as open-faced as the sky and as self-contained. I have watched her grow. As recently as three or four years ago,… — Annie Dillard
Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it. If I wanted to detach completely, I… — David Levithan
I found him perhaps the least terrifying man I've ever met in the theater—because at first glance I could see through him and he could… — Peter O'Toole
I cast a glance in my new admirer's direction. "You may call me Your Highness," I said. "Or Empress Beauty." He chuckled. I wasn't kidding. — Gena Showalter
It's my motto," said Isabelle, with a sultry smile. 'Nothing less than seven inches.' Meliorn gazed at her stonily. 'I'm talking about my heels,' she… — Cassandra Clare
To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive. — Abraham Verghese
It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that… — Alan Lightman
I glance at the exit across the room. I want out. The bird in my chest is crashing up against its cage. I can feel… — Han Nolan
District 12. Where you can starve to death in safety," I mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here, in the middle of… — Suzanne Collins
...she still cannot resist looking out the window every couple of minutes. The sound of a passing truck causes her to glance away. Even if… — Mark Z. Danielewski
The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man;… — Thomas Mann

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