“The smile made her want to hug him, and maybe love him up some more. Stupid smile.”

“She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself for so little, for the beat of a response, the assurance of a complimentary vibration in him.”

“Her smile was peculiar - it made her nose wrinkle, not as though she smelled something unpleasant, but more that she was so amused, her whole face wanted to be a part of the smile.”

“Barrons’ lips twitched. I’d almost made him smile. Barrons smiles about as often as the sun comes out in Dublin, and it has the same effect on me; makes me feel warm and stupid.”

“she smiled at him, and at her own fears.”

“He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.”

“She wanted to lunge over and kiss him. Well, ew, not really, maybe a hug. Or a hanshake.”

“He saw the girl watching him and he smiled at her. It was an old smile that he had been using for fifty years, ever since he first smiled…”

“Only yesterday a young woman came to me wanting a trap set for a man with a sweet smile and lithe arms. She was a fool, not for wanting him, but for wanting more of him than that.”

“He smiles a lot. But I think there might be worms inside him making him smile.”