Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Deep within her eyes, in the always bottomless depths, there was a spring. And, ever so faintly, a light. The light of life, I…

— Haruki Murakami

“Everything was made bright by her. She was the smile that shed light all around her.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“In that brief glance Vronsky has time to notice the restrained animation that played over her face and fluttered between her shining eyes and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The colour which had been driven from her face, returned for half a minute with an additional glow, and a smile of delight added…

— Jane Austen

“The smile she bestowed was radiant, brief and fleeting as the sun peeking out from behind heavy clouds, but beautiful nonetheless.”

— Vivienne Savage

“It wasn't that she lit up, but that everything else seemed to dim. Things he thought were important or bright turned out not to…

— L.C. Fiore

“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

“It's like she had a soul that was much too big for her; it filled her to the brim till there was no more…

— Nick Lake

“Light flashed in her eyes. In fact, it clung to her—flaring around her skin, her hair, her whole body. It was a trick of…

— J. Rose Black

“Everything was lit up by her. She was the smile that brightened everything around.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“The enchantment of that bright, sad, pretty place enveloped her and she found that, against all her expectations, she was happy there.”

— Angela Carter

“She’d poured so much of herself into keeping it buried, sometimes it felt like any energy she might have had for joy or love…

— Laini Taylor