Quotes About Charm

By now, I probably preferred secondhand books to new ones. In America such items were disparagingly referred to as "previously owned"; but this very continuity of ownership was part of their charm. A book dispensed its explanation of the world to one person, then another, and so on down the generations; different hands held the same book and drew sometimes the same, sometimes a different wisdom from it.

Their pretensions are naked and vulnerable and for that reason, to me at least, rather charming.

How little Americans know when they disparage acquaintanceship in favour of real, true friendship. It is in acquaintanceship, bringing with it as it does delicious dinners, comfortable weekends, gossip shared in picturesque surroundings, but no real intimacy, no responsibility, that the greatest charm of social intercourse lies. I am an observer. It troubles me to be forced into the role of participant.

Charm, my dear, Cynthia wanted to tell her, is not learned, it is innate. And it is honed by desperation and need and sharpened by application. If you want the truth, that is.

One could tolerate an acid tongue for a time when the owner of it was so very pretty.

Charm is an essence, not a façade.

Good evening, Miss Eversea. You've stars in your hair.

He wasn't at all what she expected. No: this wasn't true. He was everything she'd expected from everything she'd read about him—he was irritating, frivolous, arrogant, disconcertingly charming. It was just that she would not have suspected his intelligence had depth, that his wit was in part defense, that his charm was a result of, in part, startlingly acute perception and even…grace.

She charmed and sparkled and said witty things, but she knew very well she was being charming and sparkling and witty while she was doing it, which somehow felt wrong.

I should be honored if you would dance with me, Lady Derring," Mr. Farraday said, because he possessed excellent manners and because Delilah was smiling sweetly at him and he was as putty in her hands. But then, in the hands of the right woman, Mr. Farraday was the sort who would be putty for the rest of his days.

But we have to be stronger and braver and cleverer than men are and not give them what they want simply because we find them charming. At which point, contrary creatures that they are, they will find us irresistible.

Ah, now, he soothed in his low, easy voice, the way he would a spooked horse or a woman whose bodice he was about to slip lower. It worked a treat. Her pupils dilated in sudden interest, for it was 'that' kind of voice and she was a woman after all. She'd decided he was attractive and pleasant and she visibly softened. When he bothered to use that tone on women they generally did.

She sat down at the table and spent a good hour talking about her husband. She told Judith how they'd met, how he relentlessly pursued her, and finished by mentioning just a hundred or two of his special qualities. The only thing the man wasn't capable of was walking on water… yet. Judith made that comment when her friend paused for breath.

May you always have A sunbeam to warm you, A moonbeam to charm you, A sheltering angel so nothing can harm you. An Irish Blessing

She was a refreshing diversion in perfection.

looked so sweet, so absolutely adorable

The warmth of his embrace soaked into me, a powerful charm against the dark things.

Me gusta ver cómo se esfuerza por mantenerse sobria y pálida y por parecer fría. En esas ocasiones hay en ella algo tan seductor que desafía la descripción.

A charm has only as much power as one puts into it./ I wear it because it is such a pretty thing./ And the person who gave it to me/ cared enough for my protection:/ a reason greater than any faith.

There is no law stronger than that of magic. - Kian

Perhaps to them the first condition for anything having real charm was this: that it must not really exist.

I plan on flirting shamelessly, so it's a good thing you'll be up here. Flirt? Naturally, I have to distract him while he's playing, and what better way than with a casual flirtation? Distract him some other way! What other way? I don't know.You could...you could drop something on him. Red squinted thoughtfully. Yes! Scald him with tea. During a game? I want him to finish playing, not leap up and run from the room. Then think of something else.

Ye said yerself that the man was bonny enough to sup with a spoon.

I dinna normally answer the door. Ah, Strath said, offering a charming smile as he whipped off his hat. You are doing a fine job thus far. Well done, Mrs. Pitcairn. She eyed Strath the way a cat might eye a snake. It dinna take much in the way o'talent.