Irises Quotes

43 quotes by 36 authors

I sometimes used to ask myself, what on earth did I love her for? Maybe fore the warm hazel iris of her fluffy eyes, or… — Vladimir Nabokov
Well. Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash,… — Margaret Atwood
Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors.… — Diane Ackerman
This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
And that's when Anna realized that what the wolf had been asking Bran for was death. Impulsively, Anna stepped away from Charles. She put a… — Patricia Briggs
She couldn't tell where his pupils ended and the irises began; looking into those eyes was like looking into a well where children had drowned. — MaryJanice Davidson
...that swimming, sloping, elusive something about the dark-bluish tint of the iris which seemed still to retain the shadows it had absorbed of ancient, fabulous… — Vladimir Nabokov
To consider what other people might say is hardly a good reason to take action or to defer it. You have your own life to… — Gregory Maguire
He stepped toward her, and her heart just ached from it. His face was so handsome, and so dear, and so perfectly wonderfully familiar. She… — Julia Quinn
The world, like a great iris of an even more gigantic eye, which has also just opened and stretched out to encompass everything, stared back… — Ray Bradbury
He took both of my hands, twisting to face me more fully on the flattened box beneath us, and again the colors in his irises… — Rachel Vincent
Tiny gold sparks flared in his irises. "You're in my rooms in my bathtub naked and you're still mouthing off." Did he expect anything different?… — Ilona Andrews
If you do not apologize to Lady Honoria,â€ Marcus said, his voice so mild as to be terrifying, â€œI will kill you.â€ There was a… — Julia Quinn
Praying It doesnâ€™t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention,… — Mary Oliver
Must you know that yours will be the â€œbetterâ€ picture before you pick up the brush and paint? Can it not simply be another picture?… — Neale Donald Walsch
Frank stared at her. "But you throw Ding Dongs at monsters." Iris looked horrified. "Oh, they're not Ding Dongs." She rummaged under the counter and… — Rick Riordan
Donde termina el arco iris, en tu alma o en el horizonte? Where does the rainbow end, in your soul or on the horizon? — Pablo Neruda
This unlikely story begins on a sea that was a blue dream, as colorful as blue-silk stockings, and beneath a sky as blue as the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wouldn't you be mad if I told you to give up on someone you cared about? Just... hand her over to someone who doesn't even… — Rachel Vincent
Tod's eyes widened and his irises swirled in tight twists of blue. "Well, I don't see that I have much of a choice, considering that's… — Rachel Vincent

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