Own Face Quotes

52 Own Face quotes by 47 unique authors

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I want the freedom to carve and chisel my own face, to staunch the bleeding with ashes, to fashion my own gods out of my… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
And that was it; it was so easy for her. My own memories did not even belong to me. But I knew she was wrong.… — Sarah Dessen
On those occasions when he had killed in the dark, he later needed to see his victims' faces because, in some unlit corner of his… — Dean Koontz
You said, 'I'm going to leave him because my love for you makes any other life a lie.' I've hidden these words in the lining… — Jeanette Winterson
The fact that he was willing to sacrifice his own face in order to keep mine from getting bashed in — Meg Cabot
I am soooo excited, I am over-excited. I'm hysterical, I may have to slap my own face in a minute at this rate. — Louise Rennison
Hate. Huh. He'd never hated himself. If anything, he'd always liked himself a little too much. Once, a human female had even accused him of… — Gena Showalter
When you look into the faces of these quiet creatures who don't know how to tell stories--who are mute, who can't make themselves heard, who… — Orhan Pamuk
Why should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then,… — Walt Whitman
A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing… — Jorge Luis Borges
Listening to her, one experienced a deep uneasiness as of having avoided an urgent responsibility, like someone who, walking at night along the banks of… — Janet Frame
The physical body is an agent of the spirit and its mirror. It is an engine and a reflection of the spirit. It is the… — Saul Bellow
Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face – there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see… — Fernando Pessoa
What do you see when you see me?' She asked him, burying her own face in his bosom. 'Do you want the truth?' She nodded.… — Angela Carter
You forgot to cough!” he said. “Sorry.” She coughed. “Your sneakiness is dangerous. Next time that chisel will lodge itself in my head.” “Now, Peder,… — Shannon Hale
Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze… — Lionel Shriver
This camera works like photosynthesis. It is as if you were Xeroxing your own face. The pictures have such physicality: their surface is like fine… — Julian Schnabel
Through the years, a man peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, tools, stars, horses and people. Shortly… — Jorge Luis Borges
In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another — French Proverb
I tell dem how could dem cadet go down practice. Now I see dem own face and dem own wanna vomit. — Capleton
I got a real dead loving here for you now, because I don't know anymore how to avoid my own face wet with my tears!… — Juanita
I still myself for a minute to discover that I stumbled on my own face!! — Kostallanetz Evans
Ok, so physically, this is what she's gonna do. She's gonna lock the leg. And as she's done with her little You're right, you're right… — Jeremy G
You want to know what happiness is? it's waking up in the middle of the night for no reason, shifiting under the blankets and feeling… — Kaylaquotes

Who Wrote These Own Face Quotes

47 authors contributed a total of 52 Own Face Quotes, led by these top contributors: