Italians Quote by Louis Bayard

“he met the eyes of others with unanswering eyes, for he felt that the spirit of beauty had folded him round like a mantle…

— James Joyce

“the outlines of his figure were indistinct—but his features were the features of a deity; for the mantle of the night, and of the…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“As masks are the sign that there are faces, words are the sign that there are things. And these things are the sign of…

— Marcel Schwob

“You may plainly perceive the traitor through his mask; he is well-known everywhere in his true colors; his rolling eyes and his honeyed tones…

— Molière

“Both carried, despite their martial postures, an aura of sorrow, though ghosts of smiles flickered across their faces. They would have recognized one another…

— Robin Oliveira

“Modern man has too many masks to wear. We must unmask and be ourselves, sincerely, earnestly and live truly as we are,”

— Gyomay M. Kubose

“Wild, strong hearts, and powerful minds, were hidden under an enforced propriety and regularity of demeanour and expression, just as their faces had been…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“His nostrils were permanently flared, as though he sniffed invisible winds of art and commerce.”

— William Gibson

“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

“He had to learn how not to let his eyes be bewildered by manifestations, and thereby learn to treat appearances as signs and codes…

— Ben Okri

“Face like the moon, pale and somehow wavering. I could get the gist of his features, but none of it stuck in my mind…

— N.K. Jemisin

“Without a mask to shape us, what would we face anyone with?”

— David David Katzman