S Quotes
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“She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines like a little diamond", "What does?" "This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond; I am eternal.”
“She smiled and wanted to cry, too, for a moment. From happiness, she supposed. ‘What a wonderful day to be in love and be loved. I’m so happy.”
Source: A Christmas Romance
“She smiled as he came closer, her eyes as violet now as twilight, matching the shadows that surrounded them and lay under her cheekbones. The lines of her collarbone glinted like knives, and he could see the rings of her larynx through the translucent skin of her throat. He thought the bones of her fingers might crumble if he simply reached out and took her hand; even her amazing hair was lusterless and dry in its floor-long beads.”
Source: Hell and Earth
“She smiled as she poured tea into his cup. “I hope you find your rooms comfortable?”
“Quite.” He took a too-hasty sip of tea and scalded his tongue.
“The view is to your liking?”
He had a view of a brick wall. “Indeed.”
She fluttered her eyelashes at him over the rim of her teacup. “And the bed. Is it soft and… yielding?”
He nearly choked on the bite of cake he’d just taken.
“Or do you prefer a firmer bed?” she asked sweetly. “One that refuses to yield too soon?”
“I think”—he narrowed his eyes at her—“whatever mattress I have on the bed you gave me is perfect. But tell me, my lady, what sort of mattress do you prefer? All soft goose down or one that’s a bit… harder?”
It was very fast, but he saw it: Her gaze flashed down to the juncture of his thighs and then up again. If there hadn’t been anything to see there before, there certainly was now.
“Oh, I like a nice stiff mattress,” she purred. “Well warmed and ready for a long ride.”
Source: Thief of Shadows
“She smiled as sweetly as a show poster for the glorified, all-American Ziegfeld girl just before dumping her second cigarette into Wally’s fresh cup of coffee.”
“She smiled as though someone had just offered her, the oldest virgin in town, a fully functioning Kingsize Vibro vibrator and a deluxe inhibition bypass.”
Source: The Third Rule - The Complete Story
“She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but not quite, forgotten how.”
Source: Coraline
“She smiled at her elder brother's innocence. 'In some lives me and you might not even get on.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“She smiled at him, and the dice in his head stopped dead.”
Source: Crossroads of Twilight
“She smiled at him as they waited for their dessert, her chin poised on her clasped hands.
'You're being very silent.'
'That's how men cry.”
Source: Daniel Martin
“She smiled at him. He could well imagine Christian turning red at the mention of her name. He could see knights going on quests and warriors laying siege to foreign cities for such a smile.”
“She smiled at him like a freshman invited to the senior prom. It made my blood boil.”
Source: Tell Me When I'm Dead
“She smiled at him more frequently as they chatted about nothing in particular, pointing out various flowers and the occasional woodland animal to each other. They saw plump squirrels in the trees, pheasants in the brush, and a horned stag and his shy, delicate does gliding soundlessly through the shadows.
On three separate occasions, he caught her gazing at him longer than she should. He felt distracted, entranced, and painfully alive as he watched her in the mellow autumn afternoon, dazzled by the coppery richness of her golden hair. Her innocence captivated him, and her guileless simplicity healed him somehow. He felt like a man whose fever had broken, flush with the euphoria of the first, tenuous return of strength- still weak, but buoyant with the hope of an eventual return to wholeness.”
Source: Lord of Fire
“She smiled at him, that same look of shared understanding, then reached in again to touch his hand, pinching his palm between her thumb and index finger. 'You OK?'
'I could be on fire, but seeing you would make it all OK,' he replied, his voice as brittle as a three-pack-a-day smoker.”
“she smiled at him, and at her own fears.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy (Illustrated)
“She smiled at him, making sure that the smile gathered up everything inside her and directed it toward him, making him a profound promise of herself for so little, for the beat of a response, the assurance of a complimentary vibration in him.”
Source: Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi
“She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring at her across the hall, Gideon Shaw, cynic, hedonist, drunkard, libertine, fell hopelessly in love.”
“She smiled at him, with longing. 'Where do you live,' she asked, 'and how do I get there?”
Source: Birds of America: Stories
“She smiled at him. “How did you know just what I’d want to see?” “How could I not?” he said. “When I think of you, and you are not there, I see you in my mind’s eye always with a book in your hand.” He looked away from her as he said it, but not before she caught the slight flush on his cheekbones. He was so pale, he could never hide even the least blush, she thought — and was surprised how affectionate the thought was.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“She smiled at his flirtations. “Have I ever told you how incorrigible you are?”
He chuckled. “Several times. But I do have some redeemable qualities. Don’t you think?”
She kissed him lightly on the lips. “You sure do.”
“Name one.”
“Well!” Amelia tapped her forehead as if to think. Do you mean besides being so irresponsible that it drives me crazy? Well, I have to say that you’re not bad to look at. That why I keep you around.”
A smile was playing at the corners of Rick’s lips and a mischievous glint appeared in his eyes. Without warning, he pulled her into his arms and gave a kiss to remember.”
Source: Her Lost Love
“She smiled at me, and I never forgot it. Or more accurately, I always remembered it.”
Source: Ask the Passengers
“She smiled at me, that one particular smile I hardly ever saw, the one that could open padlocks, Yale locks, bank vaults, the one that was a trapdoor down into everything.”
Source: The Last of August
“She smiled at me with such merriment of recognition, and such a yearning to be recognised in return, that you would think this was a moment granted to her when she was let out of the shadows for one day in a thousand.”
Source: Queenie: A Story
“She smiled at me with those brilliant sparkling eyes, the kind that draw you in, that take part of your soul. Her lips twitched halfway, egging me on to kiss her and complete the smile.
The smile was completed. We did not leave that parking lot for a while.”
Source: The Community: A Funny and Disturbing Conspiracy Mystery Novel
“She smiled at us—a smile that was demure and moderate, welcoming and cautious—as she entered the room and sat in the chair that we had set out for her.”
Source: The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
“She smiled back at him, but neither of them spoke. It was like this sometimes. They'd either be bantering, or silent — as though they didn't always need to talk. Just being together was enough.”
Source: Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Jumper
“She smiled coquettishly and said "Sailor Man, you're the cloud that showers love!"
But I was a love pirate I thought to myself. She would chase me while I sail on to another shore!”
“She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you're not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I'm saying?”
“She smiled for the first time, and he almost had to look away, as if something that nice didn’t belong in such a glum and gray place, as if he had no right to look at her expression.”
Source: The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection (Maze Runner)
“She smiled. Her skin looked whiter than he recalled, and dark spidery veins were beginning to show beneath its surface. Her hair was still the color of spun silver and her eyes were still green as a cat’s. She was still beautiful. Looking at her, he was in London again. He saw the gaslight and smelled the smoke and dirt and horses, the metallic tang of fog, the flowers in Kew Gardens. He saw a boy with black hair and blue eyes like Alec’s, heard violin music like the sound of silver water. He saw a girl with long brown hair and a serious face. In a world where everything went away from him eventually, she was one of the few remaining constants.
And then there was Camille.”
Source: City of Fallen Angels
“She smiled. “I don’t think your body is up for sex.”
He glanced at the bulge in his pants and back to her. “I think parts of my body are.”
Source: Song of the Soul
“She smiled. It was not a pretty smile. It did not make her weather worn face light up. The bones of the earth were her teeth, her breath was the wind, the fires of the earth were alight in her eyes, and her blood pumped with the strength of the sea.”
Source: Ravenwood
“She smiled like knife on a velvet, she stretched like cat on the sun.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“She smiled radiantly at the shield, pretending it was Dageus. The three simple words just didn't seem like enough. Love was so much larger than words.
"I love you, I love you, I love you. I love you more than chocolate. I love you more than the whole world is big." She paused, thinking, searching for a way to explain what she felt. "I love you more than artifacts. I love you so much it makes my toes curl just thinking about it."
Pushing her hair back from her face, she donned her most sincere expression. "I love you."
"You can have the confounded shield if you love it that much, lass," Dageus said, sounding utterly bewildered. Chloe felt all the blood drain from her face.”
Source: The Dark Highlander
“She smiled smugly. “We came to an agreement, the duck and I.”
“She smiled softly, perhaps hearing the Welsh lilt strengthen in his voice, as it often did at times of deep emotion. Did she know that?”
Source: The Wood's Edge
“She smiled then, an adorable, sweet smile that took his breath away. He forgot all about trying to maintain an air of civility. His inner caveman came barreling out, grunting and pounding his chest and muttering unintelligible words.”
Source: Undeniable: Tempted by Her Innocent Kiss\Undone by Her Tender Touch
“She smiled, tightening her arm about Daniel's middle. His breathing had the deep and even cadence of sleep, his heart beating strong under her ear. He smelled of soap and fresh air and warm man. It was exactly where she wanted to be.”
Source: A Duke Worth Fighting For
“She smiled, took my hand, and led me upstairs to her bedroom. An elderly cat with gray curly fur used a set of cat stairs to join us on the bed.”
Source: Prognosis: A Memoir of My Brain
“She smiled with a kind of abashed formality, embarrassed by revelation.”
Source: In the Cut
“She smiled with a scary energy, as if she had been told to at gunpoint.”
Source: White Is for Witching
“She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." - Alaska”
Source: Looking for Alaska
“She smiled with the warmth of a penguin.”
“She smiled, a moving childish smile that was like all the lost youth in the world.”
Source: Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi
“She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward. "Cather..." Back up to his eyes. "You know that I'm falling in love with you, right?”
Source: Fangirl
“She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing.”
Source: Somebody To Love
“She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to volunteer the story, she realized, and she could just as easily choose to say nothing. But he deserved to know. They all deserved it, and Kirra already knew it, and Cammon may have guessed it, because Cammon could read souls, but Tayse was the only one she would tell.”
Source: Mystic and Rider
“She smiled, pulling the photo a little closer, and I wondered if I should ask her, too, the question for my project, get her definition. But as she ran a finger slowly across the faces, identifying each one, it occurred to me that maybe this was her answer. All those names, strung together like beads on a chain. Coming together, splitting apart, but still and always, a family. (page 289) ~Ruby”
“She smiled, turning toward Alek. "You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.”
“She smiled. "I need your opinion," she said. "What do you think about something sleeveless for this weekend? With a cinched waist and a medium train?" I brought my hand to my chin and considered this. "Sounds okay," I said. "But I think I'd look better in a tuxedo.”
Source: The Wedding