Quote by James Joyce

“He had a certain almost obsequious charm. He liked talking about himself, and did not ask many questions of her. She noticed the imbalance…

— Lydia Davis

“So he was handsome. That fact did nothing to soften her feelings toward the walking interference she studied across the room.”

— Eliza Lloyd

“He had no special knowledge or preternatural charm. He was what I’d made him.”

— Claudia Rowe

“...he was by no means expansive, and talked little indeed, but not from shyness or a sullen unsociability; quite the contrary, from something different,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“She pretended not to notice the look of longing in his eyes. It didn’t mean anything.”

— Kevin O'Brien

“Yet he had a certain charm of manner, and I fancied that, if one really knew him well, one could have a deep affection…

— Agatha Christie

“Without looking up at him, I could hear his smile, which only made mine brighter.”

— Kiera Cass

“....he said nothing. It seemed the smartest thing to say.”

— Neil Gaiman

“He never asks for endearment, all quiet, Only gazes at me all the time, And he bears with a blissful smile This distressing oblivion…

— Anna Akhmatova

“I liked to hear him talk, skipping from one thought to another with his eclectic mix of innocence, wisdom, mild mysticism and earthiness.”

— Fabian Black

“He didn't notice me at first. They never do. That's one of the things about being plain—you often get ignored.”

— Samantha Warren

“For weeks I had mistaken his stare for barefaced hostility. I was wide of the mark. It was simply a shy man's way of…

— André Aciman