Quotes about look
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“Everywhere I looked, demons of the future [were] on the battlegrounds of one’s emotional plane.”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

“Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …

Pleasure, Sleep

“believe me. Sometimes when life looks to be at its grimmest, there's a light hidden at the heart of things.
Clive Barker, Abarat”

Cornelia Funke Inkheart trilogy

Source: Inkspell

Life, Light, Heart

“Why do I feel like I can't trust you anymore?'

I wanted him to lash out. I wanted him to fight, to protest, to argue- to do anything but look deeper into my eyes and say, 'because the Gallagher Academy doesn't admit fools”

Ally Carter book Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

Source: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

Fools, Feeling, Fight

“There are moments in every girl’s life that are bigger than we know at the time. When you look back, you say, that was one of those life-changing,
fork-in-the-road moments and I didn’t even see it coming. I had no idea.”

Jenny Han (1980) American writer

Source: We'll Always Have Summer

Life, Girl, Idea, Change

“… some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”

Michael Caine movie The Dark Knight

Movie The Dark Knight, character Alfred Pennyworth

World, Money, Men

“I do have some leftover chicken and pasta. (Grace)
And wine?… That’s acceptable (Julian)
Look, buster, I’m not your cooking wench. Mess with me and I’ll feed you Alpo. (Grace)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Fantasy Lover

Source: Fantasy Lover

Wine, Cooking

“Lena was an introvert. She knew she had trouble connecting with people. She always felt like her looks were fake bait, seeming to offer a bridge to people, which she couldn't easily cross.”

Ann Brashares The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

People

“There are some things more important than physical survival. You gotta be able to look at yourself in the mirror.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Circus of the Damned

Source: Circus of the Damned

“… if this Roman dude’s as bad as you say, then why are you lurking outside his store looking all charged and heated like a dog waiting for its owner?”

Alyson Nöel book Dark Flame

Source: Dark Flame

Dogs, Waiting

“Stupid is as stupid looks.”

Winston Groom book Gump and Co.

Source: Gump and Co.

Stupidity

“Who's that little brunette?" Suzanne asked. "I hate little petite types. Gregory doesn't look right with someone petite. Little face, little hands, little dainty feet."
"Big boobs," Beth said, glancing up.”

Elizabeth Chandler (1954) writer

Source: Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates

Hate

“This is just my way of pointing out that we people who leap without looking are not stupid. We know damn well we might be headed for a fall. But we also know that, sometimes, it's the only way out.”

Jodi Picoult book Lone Wolf

Source: Lone Wolf

People, Stupidity, Way

“Lana says J. P. makes Matt Damon from the Bourne movies look like Oliver from Hannah Montana”

Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist

Source: Forever Princess

“And the seasons they go round and round,
And the painted ponies go up and down,
We’re all captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go 'round and 'round and 'round
In the circle game.”

Joni Mitchell (1943) Canadian musician

"Circle Game"
Songs
Source: The Circle Game

Game, Time, Painting, Season

“Maureen clapped her hands together. "Oh," she said in her elfin little voice. "It's pretty."
"Pretty?" Simon looked quickly at the hunched shape on top of the concrete block. "Maureen, what the hell-”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

Hell

“I went to the door, and Gary tried hard not to notice I was blue. He looked at his feet, and he looked above my head, and he cleared his throat.

It's okay,' I said. 'I know I'm blue.'

It caught me by surprise,' he said. 'I didn't want to seem rude.”

Janet Evanovich book Fearless Fourteen

Source: Fearless Fourteen

“You've changed me, she thought. Not just showing me that boys aren't all pond scum. You've made me different, made me look at the broader picture. Given me vision.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Dark Visions

Boy, Change

“One of the oddest things about being grown-up was looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed.”

Patricia Briggs book Bone Crossed

Source: Bone Crossed

Truth

“James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: How to Marry a Marquis

“I looked at myself in that window, oblivious to all the people around me and I stared and smiled that particular smile. You know that smile that seems to knock you and tell you how pathetic you are? That's the smile I was smiling.”

Markus Zusak (1975) Australian author

Source: Underdog

People, Smile

“That disapproving look was back in her eyes. Her teacher face. The one that could make you squirm from ten paces, even if you were innocent. And I hadn't been innocent for years.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Circus of the Damned

Source: Circus of the Damned

Teachers

“Ethan gave me an admiring look that wasn't about sex, but about that guy moment when they realize you are not just another pretty face, but maybe, just maybe you can be cute, petite, and one of the guys all at the same time.”

Laurell K. Hamilton book Hit List

Source: Hit List

Sex, Guy, Time

“Thatʹs a dangerous look,ʺ said Dimitri, giving me a brief glance before returning his eyes to the road.
ʺWhat look?ʺ I asked innocently.
ʺThe one that says you just got some idea.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Variant: That's a dangerous look," said Dimitri, giving me a brief glance before returning his eyes to the road.
"What look?" I asked innocently.
"The one that says you just got some idea."
"I didn't just get an idea. I got aidea.
Source: Last Sacrifice

Idea

“Dress for success. Image is very important. People judge you by the way you look on the outside”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

People, Way, Success

“Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

Source: Beastly

People

“I won’t lie to you—it was hilarious. Yes, we were in trouble, yes, this was a disaster, and so one and so forth, but I have to say, seeing those upturned faces, the looks, was bout the best thing that happened to us since we’d come to New York.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: The Angel Experiment

Lie

“Maybe, there's a moment growing up when something peels back… Maybe, maybe, we look for secrets because we can't believe our mind.”

Susanna Kaysen book Girl, Interrupted

Source: Girl, Interrupted

Secret

“I can always tell when you're thinking about food. You forget to be the Serious Wolf and you get this dreamy look in your eyes. You know, most people would think you were thinking about a girl. They have no idea that her name is bacon.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Stars

People, Food, Girl, Idea

“I stared at him. Did he really say that? Did he remember? The way he looked back at me, one eyebrow raised, I knew he did. And this time, I was the one to look away.
Because I remembered. I remembered everything.”

Jenny Han (1980) American writer

Source: It's Not Summer Without You

Way, Time

“With a sigh she reached into her pocket and drew out a small velvet bag, which upended on the table. Two gold rings fell out, landing with a soft clink. Simon looked at them puzzled. "You want to get married?”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not.”

Aleksandar Hemon The Lazarus Project

Source: The Lazarus Project

Thinking

“They assume she was once gorgeously beautiful. Because now she looks so—bad.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Haunted

Source: Haunted

Beauty

“You would not cry if you knew that by looking deeply into the rain you would still see the cloud.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: No Death, No Fear

Cry

“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Change, Past, Future

“Well", Fang said, mimicking a thick Southern drawl. "I must say its mighty nice of them Daimons to clean up after themselves when you kill them" He held his hands up to them. "Look Ma, no mess."

"Does Fang have an off switch?" Talon asked Vane.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Night Embrace

Source: Night Embrace

“I can't believe that I changed so little. I expected to look old and hollow and gray, but I guess it's only me on the inside that has shriveled and deteriorated.”

Beatrice Sparks (1917–2012) American writer

Source: Go Ask Alice

Change

“We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.”

Eric Carle (1929) American children's illustrator and writer

Beauty, Thinking, Time

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

Percy Bysshe Shelley Ozymandias

Source: Ozymandias

Despair

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.”

William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer

Life

“The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else.”

Philip Pullman book Northern Lights

Source: The Golden Compass

Way, Idea, Thinking

“My mom had a soft heart after all! Instead of being chained by both wrists, we were only chained by one ankle!
I mean, if I’d been looking for proof that she really did love me, this was it, right?”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Love, Moms, Heart

“When a man takes a woman for granted, he still looks for reassurance that she is still right there.”

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

“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery.”

Aldous Huxley book Brave New World

Source: Brave New World

Happiness

“To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”

Jane Austen book Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park (1814)
Works, Mansfiled Park
Context: "I shall soon be rested," said Fanny; "to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment."

Beauty, Peaceful, Perfection

“Whatyou know about racing?" Ronnie asked, curious. He looked fascinated, like a scientist confronted by a strange new species:from the phylum.”

Karen Chance American writer

Source: Death's Mistress

“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

IV, 18
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV

Thinking, Time

“I keep warning and warning, and nobody seems willing to listen. One of these days someone is going to wake up to the fact that I'm serious when I say never to attack my sister without looking over your shoulder for me. (Rhoan)”

Keri Arthur Australian writer

Sister

“I tried to look confused, which is one of my most convincing expressions.”

Rick Riordan book The Crown of Ptolemy

Source: The Crown of Ptolemy

“My sister had taught me to look at the world that way, as a place that glitters, as a place where the calls of the crickets and the crows and the wind are everyday occurrences that also happen to be magic.”

Cynthia Kadohata book Kira-Kira

Source: Kira-Kira

World, Way, Sister

“It's a curse, you know, to be able to look higher than you're allowed to reach.”

Ayn Rand book We the Living

Source: We the Living

“How long have you been a Wiccan?'
'A what?'
'A pagan. A witch.'
'I'm not a witch,' I said, glancing out the door. 'I'm a wizard.'
Sanya frowned. 'What is the difference?'
'Wizard has a Z'
He looked at me blankly.
'No one appreciates me.' I muttered.”

Jim Butcher book Death Masks

Source: Death Masks

“He looked at the walls,
Awed at the heights
His people had achieved
And for a moment -- just a moment --
All that lay behind him
Passed from view.”

Herbert Mason (1891–1960) British film director and producer

Source: The Epic of Gilgamesh

People

“Look behind you: What have you learned?
Look around you: What is happening to others?
Look above you: What does God expect of you?
Look besides you: What resources are available to you?”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

God, Learning

“They were frightening enough, but Tessa could not help but feel that if Will were there, he would have commented that they looked like turnips, and perhaps made up a song about it.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

Feeling, Help

“How clear everything becomes when you look from the darkness of a dungeon.”

Umberto Eco book Foucault's Pendulum

Source: Foucault's Pendulum

“Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations

“All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard.”

Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

Stupidity

“This is a fierce bad rabbit;
look at his savage whiskers,
and his claws and his turned-up tail.”

Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) English children's writer and illustrator

“Well, see, there's this cave in Switzerland I really need to find.' She slipped on her sunglasses; was already in the middle of the street when she turned and looked back at Hale and Gabrielle. 'You coming?”

Ally Carter (1974) American writer

Source: Uncommon Criminals

“Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were.”

Louise Penny book Still Life

Source: Still Life

Personality, Happiness

“If you don't want to have sex, I don't want to talk about our feelings."
He scrubbed his hand through his hair, looking confused. "Well, that's for damn sure the first time a woman's ever said that to me.”

Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer

Source: Blue-Eyed Devil

Sex, Feeling, Time

“The future is there… looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become.”

William Gibson book Pattern Recognition

Source: Pattern Recognition

Sense, Future

“I was stunned to see that he looked stunned himself, which was an exorbitant display of emotion for Barrons.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Bloodfever

“I led the way toward the crowd, trying to look casual, like, Fly? Me? Nah.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: The Angel Experiment

Way, Flying

“Look, Mother, I am never going to be thin.
I'm Norwegian. If you wanted a thin daughter, you should not have married a man whose female ancestors carried cows home from the pasture”

Jennifer Crusie book Bet Me

Source: Bet Me

Home, Daughters

“I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it.”

Patti LaBelle (1944) American singer-songwriter and actress

People

“All through the night, men looked at the sky and were saddened by the stars.”

Joseph Heller book Catch-22

Source: Catch-22

Men, Star, Night

“I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Love

“Kieran glanced at her with shimmering eyes. Neither looked quite human: The black eye was too dark, the silver too metallic. And yet the overall effect was haunting, inhumanly beautiful.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

Beauty

“He fell off the table like a crab looking for the sea.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Sea

“He had that hungry mind, constantly turning things over, looking not for answers but for understanding.”

E. Lockhart book We Were Liars

Source: We Were Liars

Understanding

“You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.”

John Steinbeck book The Grapes of Wrath

Source: The Grapes of Wrath

God

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”

John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) American economist and diplomat

Though often attributed to Galbraith, as early as 1988 in U.S. News & World Report, the earliest publications of this statement, in The Bulletin (1984) and Reader's Digest (1985) attributes it to Ezra Solomon.
Misattributed