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Quotes About Stare

I am Midnight (cats stare dumbfounded)
~ Erin Hunter
and I gave him the police stare. The aim of the stare is to convey cynicism combined with weary patience. I know you're about to lie to me but because I am a hugely magnanimous agent of state power, I'm willing to give you a moment to think better of it.
~ Ben Aaronovitch
How do they do their ham up there?" She tucked her feet under her legs and leaned in. It reminded me of high school, that serious stare, as if she were trying to memorize the combination to a safe.
~ Gillian Flynn
stranger stares back at me.
~ Gordon Korman
Nelson Chase's dull face hung in the middle distance like a jack-a-lantern.
~ Gore Vidal
If you stare into its cold dead eye, the camera always mocks you with the truth.
~ Gregory David Roberts
The statue of the mighty Greek god stared down at Jack.
~ Mary Pope Osborne
One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see
~ Bob Seger
That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.
~ Eugene H. Peterson
I gave her a look that would exterminate lice.
~ Bette Davis
What did you really do to him?" Cella had to ask her. "Nothin'." "Smith," she said, stopping by the bear. "The man shit, pissed, and vomited after spending less than thirty minutes with you. There has to be a reason." "Got me. All I did was stare at him until he told me something I could use." The bear looked Smith over. "Did you stare at him with those eyes of yours?" "I have my daddy's eyes.
~ Shelly Laurenston
Max dijo QUIETOS y los amansó con el truco mágico de mirar fijamente a los ojos amarillos de todos ellos sin pestañear una sola vez y se asustaron y dijeron que era el más monstruo de todos.
~ Maurice Sendak
Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I...Yes. No.
~ Mercedes Lackey
He stared at me. His breathing made that wheezing sound that fat people sometimes make.
~ Sue Grafton
Bill Bradfield gave Jack Holtz the stare, but Jack Holtz stared back and said, "That bullshit only works on intelligent people.
~ Joseph Wambaugh
Mrs. Smith looked confused. She looked to Mrs. Nelson, who pleasantly but determinedly attempted to stare down Ellery. Ellery wasn't having any of it. He stared back. Mrs. Nelson was not to be outdone. She beetled her brows in disapproval. Ellery delivered the coup de grâce and arched one eyebrow. Defeated, Mrs. Nelson slumped back in her chair.
~ Josh Lanyon
It was those eyes as much as anything that had earned him his reputation as a man to be reckoned with. When he stared at a person, clear and unwavering, men grew uncomfortable. Women positively shivered.
~ Julia Quinn
The Asian man slowly kneeled closer to me. I kept my eyes steady on his. Or, at least, I tried to. It wasn't like staring into the eyes of a fellow human being or even an animal. These were the eyes of something inanimate. If you could look into the eyes of a file cabinet, this would be what it felt like. But
~ Harlan Coben
His eyes still had the ice blue of youth, and he aimed them my way.
~ Harlan Coben
Win stared at me as if I were defecating on the court.
~ Harlan Coben
I love raccoons. I had a raccoon figurine collection as a kid, and I now have two movies with 'Ranger Rick' jokes in them. I love 'em. They come in my back yard all the time, and we just stare at each other like a couple of idiots.
~ James Gunn
This is impossible." "This what?" I clutch the collar of his shirt in my fingers. His face is so close l study the varying color of his eyes. For a long time, he says nothing. Stares at me in that way that makes me want to squirm. For a moment, it seems that his irises glow and the pupils shrink to slits. Then, he mutters, "A hunter in love with his prey
~ Sophie Jordan
From the dog's viewpoint, however, they are directly asserting dominance with that stare. When you respond by giving him what he wants, the dog interprets this as a submissive gesture on your part, and also reads this as your acceptance that the dog has a higher status in the pack than you do.
~ Stanley Coren
Paddington took a deep breath and gave the assistant a hard stare. It was one of the extra special hard ones which his Aunt Lucy had taught him and which he kept for emergencies.
~ Michael Bond