Quotes About Expression

If you could just see your face," she told me. "You look like a cat in a bathtub.

His brother maintained that what sent people backing away was neither his size nor his mother's blood, but solely the expression on his face. To test Samuel's theory, Charles had tried smiling - and then solemnly reported to Samuel that he had been mistaken. When Charles smiled, he told Samuel, people just ran faster.

To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.

She hit us," the woman shrieked. That was the gist of it anyway. There were a lot of unladylike words that began with "F," with various "C" words thrown in for leavening. … "Ben's better," I murmured. "He's more creative when he swears." "He does it in that English accent, which is too cool.

I like what you've done to your face," Ben said, tapping his eye.

Kyle blinked. I don't think I've ever seen him quite so … neutral. "You can talk to Adam when he's not in the room, and you don't have a phone?" he asked. I nodded. He closed his eyes, and I could read his expression when he opened them again. "Thank you, dear Lord," he said with relief. "I thought I was going crazy.

Touch is better than any word.

Body language, when you know how to read it, can be more expressive than speech. (Mercy)

One, one, two, zero," I told him through the chattering of my teeth. "It's my birthday.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit," she said, hurt

She dyed her hair orange, and it has these glittering purple strings in it

English is not my first, nor even my fifth, language. Did you say 'a vampire friend'?

It was a look I'd seen directed at me, but not by Sherwood. "You're a

Shut up," I said fiercely and very quietly because the sound of his voice sent sharp, arcing lightning rods of pain from my eyes all the way through my skull.

For a quiet man, Charles was very good at saying "I love you.

Rennie didn't quite dare to answer back, but she looked a whole book and a couple of extra chapters.

Tell the story you want to tell, and let it be as long as it needs to be. Worry about marketing it later.

One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me this, my usual response is, "Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.

You can't put much on paper before you betray your secret self, try as you will to keep things civil.

I remain less preoccupied with coming to voice because I know how quickly voice can be taken away. My concern now lies in finding effective ways to use the voice that I have claimed while I have it.

I remain less preoccupied with coming to voice because I know how quickly voice can be taken away. My concern now lies in finding effective ways to use the voice that I have claimed while I have it. [...] When it comes to my work, the only thing that is essential is that it contribute toward this end.

An oppressed group's experiences may put its members in a position to see things differently, but their lack of control over the ideological apparatuses of society makes expressing a self-defined standpoint more difficult.

You have a story in there, Lucy," she said, touching my head. "Or a character, a place, a poem, a moment in time. When you find it, you will write it. Word after word after word after word," she whispered.

Miss Skylark once said it's heroic to make something beautiful out of a blank page," I say. "With art or words.