Dull-eyed neutrality
A fine description of the impartial and indifferent gaze of age that has seen it all, in this case attributed...
Sea the colour
I love different ways of describing eyes, and colours, and this one allows some range in its definition. Blue or...
Eyes like oracle stones
Goats, along with sheep, have a peculiar stare, sometimes vague and batty, sometimes sinister and glassy. This reminds me of...
The eyes have it
WritingRedux has long been captivated by quotations describing eyes and we're now delighted to dedicate a themed...
Moss-eyed rascal
You can't but help like such a maverick, something in the moss-coloured eyes, and the difference between him and the...
The eyes have it
An imaginative description of an otter's reaction to the firstborn of her first litter. Williamson spent years studying otters before...
Of eyes that saw too much
This is part of a detailed, detached account of what happened when people entered a gas chamber, as experienced by...
As piercing as …
This piercing stare at a little girl is disturbing for its lack of empathy or even warmth towards a child.  ...
Bright as lamps, haggard as …
Never thought of dawn as being haggard, though an insomniac crawling into it after a restless night might be. 'Bright...
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...
A predatory gaze
A penetrating gaze likened to the steadfast unblinking focus of an owl about to swoop for its targetted lunch. I...
Salt-bleached eyes
From the opening line of Ted Hughes superb 'Warriors of the North', presaging an icy and violent arrival, 'bringing their...
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