The eyes have it
WritingRedux has long been captivated by quotations describing eyes and we're now delighted to dedicate a themed...
Eyes meeting eyes
Dorothea stuns a silly, wilful and selfish young woman with her powerful, radiant kindness and, having meant to disdain her,...
As piercing as …
This piercing stare at a little girl is disturbing for its lack of empathy or even warmth towards a child.  ...
Half-moon mouth, rat-trap jaw
Describing the kindly, proud dwarf cook, Marmaduke Scarlet. I liked the juxtaposition of his generosity and determination and the connection...
As expressionless as …
Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy is packed with original metaphor and simile. In Titus Groan, the first book, I noted two...
Shoe-button eyes
Banffy's trilogy of novels on the slow but certain self-destruction of the 19th century Hungarian aristocracy includes the figure of...
Quick as …
Not an eye you would want settling its penetrating gaze on you, giving you a cold adder-quick assessment through the...
Hungry Buddha
A wonderful description of Boris Johnson in the recent BBC debate among candidates for the role of Prime Minister. When...
Dull-eyed neutrality
A fine description of the impartial and indifferent gaze of age that has seen it all, in this case attributed...
The call of duty
This magnificent story, which features lions in unexpected places, describes the look of the kingly creature when glimpsed at dawn,...
Captain Grekov’s eyes
This is a memorable description of Captain Grekov, commander of House 6/1 in the rubble of Stalingrad, summing up so...
Like sunlight on a landscape
You can see an overcast English landscape of rolling hills and fields, and a sudden break in the clouds pierced...
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