Quotes about face
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“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.”

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

Love, Courage, Hurt

“That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.”

Ken Kesey book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

People, Way

“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh—I really think that requires”

Jean Webster book Daddy-Long-Legs

Source: Daddy-Long-Legs

Life, Courage, Thinking

“Told you what?” Alec’s hand slid up Jace’s arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand, red-faced, while Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.
-pg.139”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Variant: Alec slid his hand from Jace's arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand. Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.
Source: City of Ashes

Coffee

“Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing.”

Victor Hugo book Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

Singing

“I think people make their own faces, as they grow.”

Enid Blyton book The Naughtiest Girl Again

Source: The Naughtiest Girl Again

People, Thinking

“I know that when he has sex he laughs like the world is a perfect place. And when he did that, my hands curled into fists because I thought about touching his face like maybe I could catch joy in my hands and hold it.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Iced

World, Sex, Joy, Perfection

“… one can't avoid the storms and calamities of life, but one can at least find the right partner to face them with.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Tempt Me at Twilight

Life

“I woke to a bucket of ice water in my face.
“Sadie! Get up,” Zia said.
“God!” I yelled. “Was that necessary?”
“No,” admitted Zia.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

God, Water

“Dimitri: "Don't look at me like that."
Rose: "Like what?"
Dimitri: "You've got this look on your face that says you think I'm delusional, but you're too nice to say anything.”

Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

Thinking

“What seems nasty, painful, evil can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind.”

Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist

Pain, Beauty, Evil, Joy

“He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Smile, Past

“It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.”

Thomas Bernhard book Gargoyles

Source: Gargoyles

Sadness

“The next time you face a room full of strangers… you might tell yourself that some of them are just friends waiting to be found.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: It Happened One Autumn

Time, Waiting

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi

Attributed to Bonhoeffer on the Internet, and supposedly from Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy http://books.google.com/books?id=aG0q3X8TVpsC&pg=PA486#v=onepage (2010) by Eric Metaxas; however, there is no actual reference in that book. However, in advertising the book Metaxas does state on his site that the quote is from Bonhoeffer. http://ericmetaxas.com/books/bonhoeffer-pastor-martyr-prophet-spy/ First attributed to Bonhoeffer in Explorations 12:1 (1998), p. 3, as referenced by James Cone (2004) Theology's Great Sin: Silence in the Face of White Supremacy, Black Theology, 2:2, 139-152, footnote 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/blth.2.2.139.36027 <br class="br">Compare "Not to Act, is to Act!" by Francis W. McPeek http://www.ergo-sum.net/pics/McPeek.jpg, The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad, v.141-142 (1945-1946), "Missionary herald, 1945 - Congregational churches," pp.34-35 (We must realize that church inaction is a form of political action, and it is altogether negative. “Not to act, is to act.”) <br class="br">Misattributed

God, Silence, Evil

“Yeah, you were doing a real bang-up job of it. I particularly liked the way you were bruising his fists with your face. A few minutes more and I’m sure your heart would have been on the attack… after it was ripped from your chest. (Kat)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Devil May Cry

Way, Heart

“With his sunglasses gone and his scarf hanging down, there was no denying that he had no flesh, he had no skin, he had no eyes and he had no face.
All he had was a skull for a head.”

Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant

Source: Skulduggery Pleasant

“The most important tactic in an argument next to being right is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.”

Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) American evolutionary biologist

Loss

“Leo scratched his head. Well, I dunno about enchiladas- "Enceladus" Piper corrected. Whatever. But Old Potty Face mentioned another name. Porpoise Fear, or something?”

Rick Riordan (1964) American writer

Fear

“That boy hardly needed a mask when his naked face was already impenetrable.”

Lionel Shriver book We Need to Talk About Kevin

Source: We Need to Talk About Kevin

Boy

“… one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret insanity and brokenness and rage.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

Source: Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

Secret, Parent, Rage

“I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am still listening. So you can still talk to me.”

Elizabeth Berg (1948) American novelist

Source: Talk Before Sleep

Feeling

“You can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all; it's just your sucky personality.”

Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist

Source: Sloppy Firsts

Mood, Personality

“Carter leaned toward me and brushed the hair away from the side of my face. "Don't look down then," he whispered.”

Richelle Mead (1976) American writer

Source: Succubus on Top

“Sometimes the Universe smiled. Mostly she kicked me in the face, stomped on my ribs once I fell down, and laughed at my pain, but once in a while she smiled.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Breaks

Pain, Smile, Universe

“Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

Source: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

People, Truth, Sadness

“The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen”

Milan Kundera book Immortality

Source: Immortality

Soul

“Agent Jones held Sinjin’s face in his hands. “I’m going to make balloon animals. People need balloon animals.”
“How right you are, strange delusional man,” Sinjin said.”

Libba Bray (1964) American teen writer

Source: Beauty Queens

People, Animals

“A friend is someone whose face you can see in the dark.”

Frances O'Roark Dowell (1964) American writer

Source: The Secret Language of Girls

“But which was the real me? Let me be perfectly honest: I was a man of many faces. (p.33)”

Milan Kundera The Joke

Source: The Joke

“I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural.. to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

Hate, Fear, Jealousy, Nature

“The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her 'beauty.' Her reproductive value, as the 'aesthetic' value of her face and body today, 'came to be seen as a sacred trust, one that she must constantly guard in the interest of her race.”

Naomi Wolf book The Beauty Myth

Source: The Beauty Myth (1991), Chapter 7 : 'Violence', p. 222

Beauty

“I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them… to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.”

Horton Foote (1916–2009) American playwright and screenwriter

Life, People, World

“It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn’t need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on—moving forward.”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

Death, Help

“I love you," he finally whispered. She leaned forward and touched his face. "I know. And I love you, too.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

Love

“Let's face it, she can't have simply disappeared… can she?"
Horace shrugged. "That's what I keep telling myself," he said morosley. "But somehow it looks as if she has.”

John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower

Source: The Battle for Skandia

“You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.”

Jodi Picoult Perfect Match

Source: Perfect Match

“One faces the future with one's past.”

Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer

Past, Future

“Maybe we’ll admit this thing we have is perfect, not worth messing around with. And stay together forever. If you’re interested, that is.”
She glanced away. “I could think about that.”
He buried his face in her neck. “Think fast”

Robyn Carr American writer

Source: Wild Man Creek

Thinking, Perfection

“It is a costly thing, looking on the true face of Love.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Love

“Not all monsters were three-ton reptiles with poisonous breath. Many wore human faces.”

Rick Riordan book The Hidden Oracle

Source: The Hidden Oracle

“There is nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: The Captive Part II / The Power

“I would not know how I am supposed to feel about many stories if not for the fact that the TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories.”

Dave Barry (1947) American writer

Sadness, Feeling, Personality, Happiness

“There could be few men whose love for a woman had been written on his face with a knife.”

Cornelia Funke Inkheart trilogy

Source: Inkspell

Love, Men

“You will wake only if kissed by a young man who is truly your love, truly your destiny, one who would walk miles and face torturous tests to find you.”

Alex Flinn (1966) American children's writer

Love, Kiss

“without my wounds, who was i? my scars were my face, my past was my life.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

Life, Past

“He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.”

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

Heart Touching, Star, Light

“The woman said something to Roman. He stopped, turned to her, and shook his staff.
She crossed her arms. I couldn't see her face, but I read the body language well enough.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Breaks

Reading

“I am stuffing your mouth with your
promises and watching
you vomit them out upon my face.”

Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States

"Killing the Love"
45 Mercy Street (1976)
Source: The Complete Poems

“Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something.”

Judith Butler (1956) American philosopher and gender theorist

“And about Shane, I swear, if he doesn't snap out of it, I'm going to punch him in the face. Well, punch him in the face and then run like hell."
- Eve Rosser”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Midnight Alley

Hell

“Adrian tipped my face up toward his and kissed me. Like always, the world around me stopped moving. No, the world became Adrian, only Adrian.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

Cute, World, Kiss

“It is at despair at not being able to be noble and beautiful by natural means that we have made up our faces so strangely.”

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet

Beauty, Nature, Despair

“Harry Dresden: Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”

Jim Butcher book Storm Front

Source: The Dresden Files, Storm Front (2000), Chapter 1

“I don’t know, Sage. You threw yourself in the line of pepper spray for me. You must like me just a little bit.” “I— I figured it’d be a shame to ruin your pretty face,” I stammered.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

“For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.”

Emma Donoghue (1969) Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian

Source: Slammerkin

People, Books, Reading

“And what else is she?" Jerome asked. Jazza didn't offer any reply so I chimed in with, "A bitchweasel?"
"A bitchweasel!" Jazza's face lit up. "She's a bitchweasel! I love my new roommate.”

Maureen Johnson (1973) writer from the USA

Source: The Name of the Star

Love

“When we face our fears, we can find our freedom.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Fear, Freedom

“I hate it when she tabs a line," Ivy whispered to Kisten in the corner. "You ever see anything freakier than that?" "You should see the face she makes when she—"
"Shut up, Kist!" I exclaimed, my eyes flashing open to find him grinning at me.”

Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym

Source: A Fistful of Charms

Hate

“I ran. A grown man running with a swarm of screaming children. But I didn't care. I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the valley of Panjsher on my lips. I ran.”

Khaled Hosseini book The Kite Runner

Source: The Kite Runner (2003), P. 391

Children, Smile

“This cat is looking at me with judgment.”“He’s not,” said Jules. “That’s just his face.”“You look at me the same way,” Mark said, glancing at Julian. “Judgy face.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

Way, Cats

“His face and arms are so artfully disguised as to be invisible. I kneel beside him. “I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.” Peeta smiles. “Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Smile

“You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face”

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship

“Iggy’s spine tightened, his face like ice. When he’d been at the School, they’d tried to surgically enhance his night vision. Now he was blind forever. Oops.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: The Angel Experiment

School, Night

“I just have one of those faces. People come up to me and say, "What's wrong?" Nothing. "Well, it takes more energy to frown than it does to smile." Yeah, you know it takes more energy to point that out than it does to leave me alone?”

Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian

Relentless (1992)

People, Smile

“Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once, to see him in this light, but now that she saw his terrifying face, she found it beautiful.”

Melissa de la Cruz book Misguided Angel

Source: Misguided Angel

Beauty, Feeling, Light

“I laid my face to the smooth face of the marble and howled my loss into the cold salt rain.”

Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar

Source: The Bell Jar

Loss

“Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. "Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard!" he shouted, pointing at Doroga. "He followed me home! Can we keep him?”

Jim Butcher Furies of Calderon

Source: Furies of Calderon

Smile, Home

“Mmm. O positive, my favorite.”
“Is it? I thought it was a cabernet sauvignon.”
“So it is,” said Adrian, straight-faced. “My mistake.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

“Therefore, since the world has still
Much good, but much less good than ill,
And while the sun and moon endure
Luck’s a chance, but trouble’s sure
I’d face it as a wise man would,
And train for ill and not for good.”

A.E. Housman book A Shropshire Lad

No. 62, st. 3.
Source: A Shropshire Lad (1896)

World, Chance, Sun, Training

“Sometimes you couldn’t face the sadness of being forgotten until you felt the comfort of being remembered again.”

Ann Brashares book The Last Summer

Source: The Last Summer

Sadness

“I really do think that if for one week in the United States we saw the true face of war, we saw people's limbs sheared off, we saw kids blown apart, for one week, war would be eradicated. Instead, what we see in the U. S. media is the video war game.”

Amy Goodman (1957) American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author

War, People, Game, Thinking

“Ivashkov," she repeated, her face the picture of serenity. "My name is Sydney Ivashkov.”

Richelle Mead book Silver Shadows

Source: Silver Shadows

“Well, for future reference, this is my serious face.”

Derek Landy (1974) Irish children's writer

Source: Dark Days

Future

“Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place.”

Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) Novelist, short story writer

Hell

“… Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.”

Wendelin Van Draanen Flipped

Source: Flipped

Time, Hurt

“I don’t want to be
one of those easily forgotten people, so important at the time, so special, so
influential, and so treasured, yet years later just a vague face and a distant
memory.”

Cecelia Ahern book Love, Rosie

Variant: I don’t want to be one of those easily forgotten people, so important at the time, so special, so influential, and so treasured, yet years later just a vague face and a distant memory. I want us to be best friends forever
Source: Love, Rosie

People, Distant, Memory, Time

“He looks," Simon had once said to Isabelle, "like he's thinking about something deep and meaningful, but if you ask him what it is, he'll punch you in the face.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

Thinking

“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”

Maya Angelou book Letter to My Daughter

Source: Letter to My Daughter

Friendship, Positive, For Friend, For Bestfriend

“What?" He cut a grin at Kat when he saw the impressed look on her face. "Corporate espionage is my second greatest passion.'

"With your first being…" Kat prompted.

"Gelato," Hale said, and turned back to the group.”

Ally Carter (1974) American writer

Source: Perfect Scoundrels

Passion

“She grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss, which effectively shut him up.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

Source: The House of Hades

Kiss

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting—a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Though attributed to Emerson in Edwards' A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908), p. 37, this quote originates in Politics for the People (1848) by Charles Kingsley.
Misattributed

God, Beauty, Flowers