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Staring Quotes (page 12)

Jonathan Franzen quote: "As if sustained and too-direct contact with time's raw passage..."
As if sustained and too-direct contact with time's raw passage could scar the nerves permanently, like staring at the sun. Jonathan Franzen
As he stared back, he altered...as if a shield slid away fro his eyes, revealing a scorching force of will that sucked the air from my lungs. The intense magnetism he exuded grew in strength, becoming a near tangible impression of vibrant and unrelenting power. Sylvia Day
A stout, middle-aged man, with enormous owl-eyed spectacles, was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady concentration at the shelves of books. As we entered he wheeled excitedly around and examined Jordan from head to foot. F. Scott Fitzgerald
It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea of a house—and the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person. Neil Gaiman
Henry Williamson quote: "Whatv is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand..."
Whatv is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare? Henry Williamson
Gene Fowler quote: "Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of..."
Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. Gene Fowler
Her stare fixed me. Without rancour and without regret; without triumph and without evil; as Desdemona once looked back on Venice. On the incomprehension, the baffled rage of Venice. I had taken myself to be in some way the traitor Iago punished, in an unwritten sixth act. Chained in hell. But I was also Venice; the state left behind; the thing journeyed from. John Fowles
The world, like a great iris of an even more gigantic eye, which has also just opened and stretched out to encompass everything, stared back at him. Ray Bradbury
You meet me after school right here", I said."Why?" he asked. I couldn't believe he was so stupid."Because we're going to finish this fight."You're crazy," Roger said. He got to his feet and walked away. His gang stared at me like I was a serail killer, and they followed their leader. I was absolutely confused. I had followed the rules of fighting. i had behaved exactly the way I was supposed to behave. But these white boys had ignored the rules. In fact, they followed a whole other set of... Sherman Alexie
Barry Lopez quote: "The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination...."
The wolf exerts a powerful influence on the human imagination. It takes your stare and turns it back on you Barry Lopez
Gene Fowler quote: "Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper..."
Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. Gene Fowler
Elevator buttons and morning air, The stranger's silence makes me want to take the stairs, If you were here we'd laugh about theirvacant stares, but right nowmy time is theirs. Seems like there's always someone who disapproves, We'll judge it like they know about me and you, And the verdict comes from those with nothing else to do, the jury's off, But my choice is you, So don't you worry your pretty little mind, People throw rocks at things that shine, And life makes love look hard, The... Taylor Swift
By this time, half the people in High Norland were gathered in Royal Square to stare at the castle. They all watched with disbelief as the castle rose slightly into the air and glided toward the road that led southward. It was hardly more than an alley, really. "It'll never fit!" people said. But the castle somehow squeezed itself narrow enough to drift away along it and out of sight. The citizens of High Norland gave it a cheer as it went. Diana Wynne Jones
Herman Hesse quote: "Sadly, I swallowed my tea and stared at the crowd of..."
Sadly, I swallowed my tea and stared at the crowd of second-rate elegance... Herman Hesse
But any one watching keenly the stealthy convergence of human lots, sees a slow preparation of effects from one life on another, which tells like a calculated irony on the indifference or the frozen stare with which we look at our unintroduced neighbor. Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand. George Eliot

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