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“He smiles and shakes his head, a smile that’s bewildered and content and still pursed by that same tender sadness that visited him by…

— Dane Huckelbridge

“Now he was singed by pain. When he finally opened his eyes he saw, at the end of the narrow green path, dazzlingly bright…

— Hella S. Haasse

“She slowly turned around, placing her hands on the handle behind her, and inadvertently knocking the heavy, wooden door with her foot. She lifted…

— Madison Thorne Grey

“In his frosty blue eyes, she saw the reflection of compassion, understanding, and a sense of forgiveness. A gaze that she was not at…

— Kristina Stangl

“... he lifted his eyes. The eternal kind went out of his shoulder. He opened his mouth and closed it again, speechless with outrage,…

— Michael Chabon

“...a soft inward look some into his eyes, as if he was amazed to find himself alive on such a beautiful day.”

— Sarah Porter

“When he finally opened his eyes he saw her sit up and smile at him. She was beautiful, her dark hair was tousled, and…

— Elizabeth Reyes

“And there it is, against all hope, like the sun peeking out from behind the clouds. The smallest hint of a smile.”

— Amie Kaufman

“He was angles and darkness, her opposite - a moon-creature to her sun, a slicing shadow to her glow. But that was all silhoutte.…

— Laini Taylor

“To think that I had almost fallen for the skin of his hands, his chest, his feet that had never touched a rough surface…

— André Aciman

“When his eyes rested on her, he stopped. He’d been smiling before, in a friendly fashion. But what lit his face when he saw…

— Courtney Milan

“She held his stare, waiting for a clue to his intentions—a smile, a nod, even a frown. But he just looked straight at her,…

— Maggie LaCroix