Quotes About Skin

Death doesn't like the old. Their acrid smell, their tough skin, their gaze worn out from used-up dreams, their beaten-dog spines… Death hates that! Whatever else you can say about Death, it likes them young. Death is a dirty old man.

Quello che c'è di più profondo nell'uomo è la pelle», diceva Paul Valéry. La vita collettiva, come quella di ciascuno, esige uno spazio di decantazione. L'imballaggio viene prima, la profondità segue, come l'intendenza.

Color is only skin deep, but Prejudice penetrates to the bone. Color often fades away, yet Prejudice holds its own. Prejudice is the lock on the door to Wisdom, while Equality is the key to release that latch.

With his sunglasses gone and his scarf hanging down, there was no denying that he had no flesh, he had no skin, he had no eyes and he had no face. All he had was a skull for a head.

She's not… She's not datin' the skeleton, is she? How would that be even possible, let alone… nice? He's got no skin, or lips, or… or nothin'.

She's not... She's not dating the skeleton, is she? How would that even be possible, let alone... nice? He's got no skin, or lips, or... or nothin'. And he talks. Good God, he talks and he never shuts up." - Billy-Ray

Moss the shape of Grayson, all around Grayson, covering Grayson like a second skin. Showing, kiss by kiss, the beauty of Grayson to Grayson, who had never thought herself beautiful. That she was beautiful. All of Moss kissing all of her and Grayson seeing herself through Moss's eyes. Reborn in that moment.

The voices of the women had the especially sweet and rapturous charm of a gentle stroke passing over the surface of one's skin.

His clean skin had a sweet earthy scent, like ripe roasted breadfruit, or warm oiled saddle leather. It was an evocative fragrance that rambled through her blood, at once comforting and licentious.

Then she smiles wide and her eyes change shape and it's possible that her skin lights up, too. I feel like I've come home.

A weird sequence of weather events had left a thin skin of ice around every tree and branch and twig. Each time the wind blew, a splintery groan issued from all directions at once.

Hilarity keeps you busy for several blocks, but there's a sickness to it, like an itch that if you keep on scratching, will grind straight through skin and muscle and bone, shredding your heart.

skin-that smooth plump sweetly fragrant sac upon which life scrawls the record of our failures and exhaustion

Her skin was as pale as milk. She must live on vanilla ice cream, Dinah thought; rounds of Camembert, crème anglaise.

I sunk into velvety nothingness. It caressed my skin, lapped at my temples, the nape of my neck. It circled me like smoke, its touch light, but all consuming. And just as I was about to lose consciousness, I heard the voice. 'Hello, Kali. I'm Zev.

Up close like this, I can see that her skin is smooth and clear except for two freckles on her right cheek,and her eyes are gray-green that makes me think of fall.It's the eyes that get me.They are large an arresting,as if she sees everything.As warm as they are,they are busy,no-bullshit eyes,the kind that can look right into you..

Bad child, wicked child, push you in the bin, Out with the rubbish on your chin, chin, chin, Up pops and ishkin, then it pulls you in, Makes you cry and sucks you dry and throws away your skin.

Her skin was translucent pale, the complexion of the rich. Money made an excellent sunblock.

That night my new skin was red silk, shivering in the breeze.

It seemed to him that there was some urgency in the air, but then he always felt like that in February: a sense of something breaking out through his skin.

She could see the pollution in them, bleaching their skin white and giving them red sores on their backs. And although she smiled, her heart was breaking.

The color of a polar bear's skin? Is? In fact? BLACK!" she cried. Some passengers cheered, but several looked crestfallen. "I'm so sorry," an older man implored his wife. "I really did think it was pink." "I know you did, honey," said his wife morosely, peering into her empty glass.

Dubbed a miracle ingredient, apple cider vinegar does not only help with weight loss, but it is also believed to be great for your skin, hair, overall health and even your household.

The officer had super-fair skin, pitted a little from old acne, and it turned rosy in embarrassment. "My partner's a dick,