“Eyes open wide, looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye.”
Urban Hymns (1997)
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English singer-songwriter 1971Related quotes
“Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.”
Georges Rouault (1871–1958) French painter
Quoted in Lionello Venturi, Rouault. New York. 19. (1947)
Quotes, 1940-1950
“Open your eyes wide and immerse yourself in your dreams without any hesitation!”
Gianni Sarcone (1962) Italian author, artist, designer, and researcher in visual perception and cognitive psychology
Optical Illusions (2017).
“1817. Keep thy eyes wide open before Marriage; and half shut afterward.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1738) : Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide.”
Italo Svevo book Zeno's Conscience
Source: Zeno's Conscience
“now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened”
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
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XAIPE (1950)
“When she opened her eyes, Veronika did not think "this must be heaven."”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Heaven would never use a fluorescent tube to light a room, and the pain — which started a fraction of a second later — was typical of the Earth. Ah, that Earth pain — unique, unmistakable.
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
Sarah Dessen book What Happened to Goodbye
What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Source: What Happened to Goodbye