Eyes Open Quote by Shelly Crane

“They didn't understand, it not being directed at them, what that smile could do. The power of it. It was like every time he…

— Kristen Ashley

“He had a grin on his face as he looked at me, but it belied the intensity in his eyes.”

— Elisabeth Grace

“She smiled up at him, and he saw his whole world in her eyes.”

— Nancy Gideon

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

— Leo Tolstoy

“...His gaze seemed to say what I felt: looking at you eases everything inside of me.”

— Jennifer Laurens

“He smiled when he saw me . . . and it was the nice smile that included his eyes.”

— Janet Evanovich

“He almost smiled, I thought. And it was almost beautiful.”

— Brittainy C. Cherry

“So this had been all I wanted, a boy who understood about I felt.”

— Sarah Dessen

He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“More than anything, I wanted someone to understand what was inside me.”

— Jennifer Laurens

“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“He turned to me. His expression was serious, but I liked how it softened slightly when he looked at me. Like the way he…

— Amy Tintera