Quote by George Gissing Download Open image ““Dora kept her eyes down, and smiled ambiguously.”” — George Gissing ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“People's eyes light up when they talk about things they love. Dora's were radiant.” — Sohn Won-Pyung Copy Share Image
“Amy looked up at him. Their faces were very close. She remembered when those dark expressive eyes would make her quiver inside, when being… — Jude Watson Copy Share Image
“Dora sat on a corner of the spread rug, longing to be assigned some task so she could resent it.” — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
“They lived under supervision, a life without men. Dora knew no men. You could scarcely see how she might meet one, let alone come… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
“All was over in a moment. I had fulfilled my destiny. I was a captive and a slave. I loved Dora Spenlow to distraction!… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Dora appeared, placing Alex's coffee in front of him."Your girlfriend is a wonder, honey,"she siad to him, squeezing willows shoulder. Willow's smile turned strained… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When their eyes connected she tilted her head slightly…paused, and smiled. It was as if she needed to see him at a different angle… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
“She did know that she liked the way happiness flooded back into his face, eyes on hers suddenly, warm and private, as if he… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
“It’s better for me to be stupid than uncomfortable, isn’t it?’ said Dora.” — Various Copy Share Image
“Gabriel was trying to smile, but the expression kept breaking apart. He was looking at her as if he hadn't seen her for years… — L.J. Smith Copy Share Image
“I kept thinking of her eyes, the depths of them, the way she looked right into me, and I wasn't afraid of what she'd… — Robin Constantine Copy Share Image
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable?… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is while drinking tea that I most of all enjoy the sense of leisure. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“I don't advise. You mutn't give any weight to what I say, except in so far as your own judgment approves it.” — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“The truth was that nature had endowed them with a larger share of brains than was common in their circle, and had added that… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? — George Gissing Copy Share Image
I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask? — George Gissing Copy Share Image
For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Human creatures have a mervellous power of adapting themselves to necessity. — George Gissing Copy Share Image
