Smiles Quote by Gail Carriger

“Monique stood, arms akimbo, some six or seven paces away from Sophronia, and letting forth a scream of unadulterated anger, she hurled a cheese…

— Gail Carriger

“Sophronia had no idea why Felix was so intent upon her. She had not yet received lessons in seduction, or she might have understood…

— Gail Carriger

“Certainly she was wonderfully beautiful. All that could be said of her that was in any sense critical was that there seemed to be…

— Victor Hugo

“Unless Sophronia missed her guess, the poor lad was already developing romantic feelings toward her friend. Many of the sooties probably were. Dimity was…

— Gail Carriger

“Her eyes, always sad, now looked into the mirror with particular hopelessness. "She's flattering me," thought the princess, and she turned away and went…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Even now, you think only in terms of the game. You are well chosen, little bird. Or are you a stoat?” Madame Spetuna bent…

— Gail Carriger

“Never before had she seen such writers. They were impossibly vain, but quite openly so, as if thereby fulfilling a duty. Some (though by…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Her features were dainty, her small slender wrists climbed up to become the delicate shoulders that beckoned him. Her skin was like peach-tinted cream…

— Faraaz Kazi

“Her face was a synthesis of perfect symmetry and unusual proportion; he could have gazed at it for hours, trying to locate the source…

— J.K. Rowling

“The change in the girl's face was more subtle, almost invisible; it was not joy, there was no sparkle, but something like a serene…

— Georges Simenon

“It was the happiness behind the smile, and the love behind the eyes; that was where her beauty came from.”

— Rebecca Barrow

“Sidney was intriguing. But she made Anna feel uncomfortable. She had that bright, mocking cynicism that challenged her in some way. Sidney was irritating,…

— Anna Kavan