Eyes Open Quote by Wendy Brenner

“He realized then that his eyes might already be open: but blind to what was happening to him, and around him.”

— Brian Spangler

“He didn’t like to see animals in captivity. When he looked into their eyes, something in their eyes looked back at him.”

— Rick Yancey

“His breathing was labored. His eyes were closed. But I was convinced that he was seeing everything. That he was seeing the truth in…

— Elie Wiesel

“His green eyes were dark and dilated, and they locked with mine. I saw him then - the man, but also the animal that…

— Meredith Wild

“And I knew then that there would be no telling me what he saw. I understand somehow that certain images, certain sounds, could not…

— Kate Morton

“He blind, who cannot see with the eyes of his understanding.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“There was a man who killed a buffalo bull to no purpose, only he wanted the blood on his hands.”

— N. Scott Momaday

“He must have felt a disturbance just beyond the boundless world his eyes perceived. Maybe like dogs we know when we are being hunted.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“A person's eyes, they could tell you everything.”

— Suzanne Woods Fisher

“And while his fingers explored, his eyes stayed on mine, filling the silence, and in them I saw the piece of me that he…

— Kate Stewart

“He knew what he'd see; one more slack face, one more pair of eyes that had barely learned to read, one more soul that…

— Justin Cronin

“The look in his eyes reminded me of myself. We were both alone in a new environment, trapped by our circumstances, and we both…

— A.B.Whelan