Quotes About Appearance

The more powerful the powerful appear the more invisible they become, said Armando. This used to work differently than now. In the old days it was said that the powerful merged with the divine and the divine was all that one saw. But now the powerful have merged with the shadow, really with death, and when you encounter them they are really hard to see.

I look over at him too. For such a little man, he all puff up. Look like all he can do to stay in his chair.

She looks like a wet cat.

She got a long pointed nose and big fleshy mouth. Lips look like black plum. Eyes big, glossy. Feverish. And mean. Like, sick as she is, if a snake cross her path, she kill it

Leute mit Krawatten an sehn aus, wie wenn sie gelyncht werden.

She was never thought of as a pretty girl. People might say she looked interesting, mysterious, older than her years and therefore intriguing, but she was considered approaching beautiful only when she looked sad.

Most times mens look pretty much alike to me.

A lo más que llegamos todos es a conferir una apariencia fortuita a nuestros actos más deliberados

TRUTH, n.: An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.

BLACKGUARD, n. A man whose qualities, prepared for display like a box of berries in a market—the fine ones on top—have been opened on the wrong side. An inverted gentleman.

People liked to think of beauty as some natural gift, but Savine firmly believed that just about anyone could be beautiful, if they worked hard at it and spent enough money. It was merely a question of emphasising the good, disguising the bad and painfully squeezing the average into the most impressive configuration. Very much like business, really.

Gold and silver is everything to everyone. Some of us have enough of it to pretend otherwise.

The people far prefer a leader who appears great, to one who is.

He'd grown himself a little bit of a beard, just under his mouth, while he shaved the rest. Clover couldn't understand it. Grow it or don't, but why leave bits? It was like leaving your wife half-fucked.

You, that judge men by the handle and the sheath, how can I make you know a good blade?' Jedediah

You're a fine one to talk, Skinny Rikke. Every pinch o' meat fell off you when you went to see the witch. You're like a head stuck on a spear these days, but without the flies. Most o' the flies, at least." And she burst out laughing.

I daresay that's a better-looking man there. A cleverer man.' He ran one hand through his short dark hair, frowning at his reflection. 'Not sure if I trust that bastard, though.

The sad truth is that pretty people can slide through all kinds of scrapes that'd end very badly for the ugly.

You would have had to look far and wide to find anyone less beautiful than the big nine-fingered bastard. He sat in his saddle slumped over like some great sack of rice. Slow-moving, scratching, sniffing, chewing like a big cow. Trying to look like he had no killing in him, no mad fury, no devil. She knew better. He nodded to her and she scowled back. He was a devil wearing a cow's skin, and she was not fooled.

He was not sure what he had been expecting. Outstanding beauty, or stunning grace, or something that struck him instantly to the heart. But Ankran's family were an ordinary-looking pair. Most people are, of course, to those that don't know them.

to manage a fetching style. The bruises round her

The greatest responsibility of a commander was not to command, but to look like he knew how to.

He's every bit like his fireplace, the big dolt. Looks impressive, but there's not much going on underneath.

I heard you had all the brains around here but Leo, why didn't you tell me how very handsome he is?' 'Well …' Leo cleared his throat. 'I suppose that's not the sort of thing a man notices …