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- Nov 07, 2020
Eyes Quotes
What we notice, and what it says about us.
These quotes treat eyes as more than a body part, using them to talk about identity, humor, and the habit of noticing detail. One line of advice about staying observant as a writer sits comfortably next to Look quotes on the same theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Bread
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- Nov 07, 2020
A slice of perfectly buttered, warm-from-the-oven bread has been known to bring tears to my eyes.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is impossible to make it a crime to take your eyes off your children without also making it a crime to be poor.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so not scary. I'm a pussycat. But what are you going to do, right? I mean, these cheekbones, and I guess these eyes, and the big nose... this is what my momma and my poppa gave to me, and that's the deal.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to learn what made Kim happy. I learned you have to take care of the spark in your eyes.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like my life. I'm not living through anybody else's eyes, anybody else's life; I'm enjoying mine.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see the love in my child's eyes when he sees me, and I know it's gigantic. As an older person, I've been in love before, and I've loved, but this is really an immense, out-of-control-proportion amount of love that you can't even describe.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to the power of fiction when I was in my 20s.
- Destinations
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- Nov 07, 2020
In order for me to write a scene, it's very important for me to see and experience everything with my own eyes, so yes, I was able to visit some remarkable houses and destinations while I was in China.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think writers are observers and watchers. We always have our ears open and eyes open, so I might see something in everyday life that inspires me. And I think that's probably more than anything else. Everyday life is where I get my inspiration.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what fear was going on, we wonder if we could have reached out and touched them, held their hand, looked in their eyes, been there.
- Guilty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Justification is God's declaration that we, though guilty sinners, are righteous in God's eyes.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a duty solicitor, so I can't fix someone's life; all I can do is fix the problem I've got in front of my eyes.
- Isolation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ebola is a humiliating disease that strips you of your dignity. You are removed from family and put into isolation where you cannot even see the faces of those caring for you due to the protective suits - you can only see their eyes.
- Through
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- Nov 07, 2020
The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020