logo

Quotes About Smile

and with a tolerant smile that was a superior lie, I walked on.
~ Sylvia Plath
Is it possible to love the neutral, objective world and be scared of people? Dangerous for long, but possible. I love people I don't know. I smiled at a woman coming back over the fen path, and she said, with ironic understanding, "Wonderful weather." I loved her. I didn't read madness or superficiality in the image reflected in her eyes. For once.
~ Sylvia Plath
Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it towards some overwhelming question
~ T.S. Eliot
For our own past is covered by the currents of action, But the torment of others remains an experience Unqualified, unworn by subsequent attrition. People change, and smile: but the agony abides.
~ T.S. Eliot
As the soul leaves the body torn and bruised As the mind deserts the body it has used. I should find Some way incomparably light and deft, Some way we both should understand, Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand.
~ T.S. Eliot
She glared at him. Why are you forever asking hard questions? He smiled. Sooner or later you'll have to be able to answer one. Daja shoved him, grinning.
~ Tamora Pierce
Lokeij whistled. "Make the king's warriors vanish if they come. . . what a deceitful turtledove you are." Aly smiled at the sky. "Oh, don't,"she replied in the tones of a flirtatious court lady. "Stop, I insist. Your flattery makes me blush.
~ Tamora Pierce
Israbel smiled once more. It was difficult to take your gaze away from her mouth - unless you looked into her eyes; and then you could only look at those... (Israbel)
~ Tanith Lee
Romulan dressed his face in its most charming and unpredictable smile, and as the woman rode close enough to see him fully, he turned it on her.
~ Tanith Lee
Romulan laughed, showing teeth as beautiful as the rest of him.
~ Tanith Lee
Cyrion glanced at the scout, and smiled at him with appalling charm.
~ Tanith Lee
The eyes themselves drifted open, closed, open, and the face, turned slowly to Valentius, smiled at him. It was a smile of marvelous sweetness, like a child's, trusting and happy and at peace, for Romulan was clearly not yet fully aware. The father received the smile with a deep personal sadness, already assured it was not for him.
~ Tanith Lee
You haven't lived till you have laughed and made others laugh.
~ Tanushree Podder
What about some kind of an ancient curse?'' Ancient Curse Kills Two. He could see the headlines now. ''Don't be an asshole.'' The reporter snatched the microphone to safety just in time and, smiling pleasantly, asked, '' Can I quote you on that, Detective?'' Celluci's smile was just as sincere. ''You can tattoo it on your chest.
~ Tanya Huff
Je voulais vous faire sourire, et mes larmes ont coulé. Je voulais vous faire oublier, et la mort m'a rattrapé. Je voulais vous offrir ce que vous m'avez donné. On ne sait jamais n'est-ce pas ? Il se peut qu'un bien soit notre mal, et qu'un mal soit notre bien. Sait-on jamais ? Je vous offre donc ce sourire, louange à l'Unique de toutes les façons, et que la Paix vous accompagne, et Sa lumière, et Sa chaleur.
~ Tariq Ramadan
Fury couldn't cross the red rope. They couldn't be inside Haven Valley. So she couldn't be a Fury. "Like I said, I'm Wisdom, here to protect you." Bobbie smiled.
~ Ted Dekker
touching God might be like touching a thick shaft of lightning, but one filled with pleasure. It might very well kill you, she said, but at least you'd die with a smile on your face.
~ Ted Dekker
And at that very moment, the smile arrived And the crowd, shoving to get a glimpse of a man's soul Stripped to its last shame, Met this smile That rose through his torn roots Touching his lips, altering his eyes And for a moment Mending everything Before it swept out and away across the earth.
~ Ted Hughes
Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to say, with a smile, 'So, the truant has come back again!' ("Absolute Evil")
~ Julian Hawthorne
laughed out loud.
~ Julian May
It knew things, that smile.
~ Julie Anne Long
I throw him two bones: a smile and a nod. Both lies.
~ Julie Anne Peters
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile
~ Julie Burchill
When all else fails, smile.
~ Julie Ortolon