Looked Away Quotes

40 quotes by 32 authors

During the 1990s, world leaders looked at the mounting threat of terrorism, looked up, looked away, and hoped the problem would go away. — John Boehner
One of the earliest lessons I learned as a child was that if you looked away from something, it might not be there when you… — John Edgar Wideman
I wanted to die, then. I wanted to destroy the body I was trapped in, become what she was, no matter what it took. No… — Francesca Lia Block
The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important. — Robert Sheckley
Relius looked away. "He said that you...cried," he said softly. "But not that he cried as well," said the queen, amused at the memory. "We… — Megan Whalen Turner
Her cheeks were flushed. She caught hold of the Savage's arm and pressed it, limp, against her side. He looked down at her for a… — Aldous Huxley
She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. You think you know all there is to know… — Neil Gaiman
Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following the photo shoot, she wore her bruises to the… — David Sedaris
He looked back at her, and when she saw the look on his face, she saw his eyes at Renwickâ€™s, when he had watched the… — Cassandra Clare
I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it. — Banana Yoshimoto
She looked away. Her attitude seemed to suggest that she had finished with him, and would be obliged if somebody would come and sweep him… — P.G. Wodehouse
And so the lion fell in love with the lambâ€¦" he murmured. I looked away, hiding my eyes as I thrilled to the word. "What… — Stephenie Meyer
...the only thing that had tethered her to the earth had been him and it was strange, but she felt welded to him on some… — J R Ward
Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long that they have come to esteem the religious, learned and civil institutions as guards… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
She smiled at him. â€œHow did you know just what Iâ€™d want to see?â€ â€œHow could I not?â€ he said. â€œWhen I think of you,… — Cassandra Clare
Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup would, or to explain that we can't presume… — Nicholas Sparks
You can read minds, and you didn't tell me?â€ Link stared at me like he just found out I was the Silver Surfer. He rubbed… — Kami Garcia
Andrius turned. His eyes found mine. I'll see you he said. My face didn't wrinkle. I didn't utter a sound. But for the first time… — Ruta Sepetys
I leaned back in my chair, stretching luxuriantly, delibrately letting my jacket fall open. Predictably, his eyes moved down my body-some things outlast even the… — Karen Chance
Niches set back in the walls contained polished marble statues of entwined bodies. Will looked away from them hastily, and then back. It wasn't as… — Cassandra Clare

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