Quotes About Expressions

Love can come in all kinds of forms. But so can hate.

We only have so many faces in our pockets

Their physical appearances faded next to the expressions on their faces. Pure joy.

The human face had too many possibilities, and they just kept coming in a fast-moving slide show, one after another.

The worst thing about the slivers of light is that you get to catch people's expressions for only a split second; then they disappear again, and in between you are forced to think about what it is that could make a person look so devastated.

The second basic function of algebra is to convert expressions into more useful ones. Gauss's

A face of many stories, some finished, some beginning.

Human cultures kept the oddest gestures.

people can say all kinds of things without ever opening their mouths...

Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks — expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs — that can undermine any tale you're telling.

Smiles are probably the most underrated facial expressions, much more complicated than most people realize. There are dozens of smiles, each differing in appearance and in the message expressed.

Those who must control everything fear being vulnerable. Why? Because to be vulnerable opens up one to be shamed. Control is a way to insure that no one can ever shame us again. It involves controlling our own thoughts, expressions, feelings, and actions. And it involves attempting to control other people's thoughts, feelings, and actions.

The "talking cure" for trauma survivors should give way to the unspoken voice of the silent, but strikingly powerful, bodily expressions as they surface to "sound off" on behalf of the wisdom of the deeper self.