Appearance Quotes - Page 21

• Nobody wants to look like a fool. Nine times out of ten, that reason alone keeps people from allowing themselves to believe.

  Darynda Jones

  Believe, People, Looks

  Darynda Jones (2011). “First Grave on the Right”, p.61, Macmillan

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• I don't know if anyone's ever told you this", he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart away. Instead I find myself starring into a pair of oceans - one perfect, the other blemished by that tiny ripple. "You're very attractive." I've been complimented on my appearance before. But never in his tone of voice. Of all the things he's said, I don't know why this catches me off guard. But it startles me so much that without thinking I blurt out, "I could say the same about you." I pause. "In case you didn't know." A slow grin spreads across his face. "Oh, trust me. I know.

  Marie Lu

  Ocean, Eye, Thinking

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• A woman can't do anything about her appearance. Either she's pretty or she isn't. But her character is quite another matter.

  Julie Garwood

  Character, Matter

  Julie Garwood (2011). “The Prize”, p.141, Penguin

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• Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

  Epictetus

  Men, Good Man, Doe

  Epictetus “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus”, Lulu.com

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• Obviously a garden is not the wilderness but an assembly of shapes, most of them living, that owes some share of its composition, it’s appearance, to human design and effort, human conventions and convenience, and the human pursuit of that elusive, indefinable harmony that we call beauty. It has a life of its own, an intricate, willful, secret life, as any gardener knows. It is only the humans in it who think of it as a garden. But a garden is a relationship, which is one of the countless reasons why it is never finished.

  W. S. Merwin

  Garden, Thinking, Design

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• Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Mirrors, Punishment, Glutton For Punishment

  P. G. Wodehouse (2008). “Right Ho, Jeeves (Volume 1 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.35, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• ...hoarders of guilty secrets are inevitably consumed with appearances.

  Lionel Shriver

  Secret, Guilty, Consumed

  Lionel Shriver (2010). “We Need To Talk About Kevin”, p.145, Profile Books

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• The Four Horsemen whose Ride presages the end of the world are known to be Death, War, Famine, and Pestilence. But even less significant events have their own Horsemen. For example, the Four Horsemen of the Common Cold are Sniffles, Chesty, Nostril, and Lack of Tissues; the Four Horsemen whose appearance foreshadows any public holiday are Storm, Gales, Sleet, and Contra-flow.

  Terry Pratchett

  War, Holiday, Storm

  "Interesting Times". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1994.

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• My face seems too square and my eyes too big, like I'm perpetually surprised, but there's nothing wrong with me that I can fix.

  David Levithan

  Eye, Squares, Faces

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.9, Penguin

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• You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.

  Charles Dickens

  Breathing, Wife, Missing

  Charles Dickens (2011). “A Tale of Two Cities Thrift Study Edition”, p.285, Courier Corporation

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• Nothing screws up a séance like the appearance of a real ghost. ~Jaime Vegas

  Kelley Armstrong

  Real, Vegas, Screw Ups

  Kelley Armstrong (2016). “Otherworld Secrets: An Anthology”, p.183, Penguin

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• Great chefs know it's the appearance of food that counts...but great eaters know its the amount of food that counts

  Jim Davis

  Chef, Knows, Amount

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• ... But then again, a person could turn ugly. Their actual look could change when their actions were repulsive.

  Deb Caletti

  Looks, Ugly, Action

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• Human rebellion ends in metaphysical revolution. It progresses from appearances to acts, from the dandy to the revolutionary.

  Albert Camus

  Progress, Revolution, Rebellion

  Albert Camus (2012). “The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt”, p.25, Vintage

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• There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.

  Jane Austen

  Pride, Men, Two

  Jane Austen (2006). “8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an”, p.211, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.

  Wilkie Collins

  Men, Tongue, Fame

  William Wilkie Collins (1871). “The woman in white”, p.198

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• Every man would fall in love with their voice, their lovely appearance, but no man would ever get past that. They'd never really know the girls for who they actually were, never really love them. It would be impossible for any of the four girls to ever really fall in love and be genuinely loved in return.

  Amanda Hocking

  Girl, Falling In Love, Men

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• She was an expert at the art of sudden appearance.

  John Irving

  Art, Experts

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• The outward appearance would never indicate they were brothers. (...) But she could see that at the moment they were as united as triplets in the womb.

  Nora Roberts

  Brother, Moments, Womb

  Nora Roberts (2006). “The Quinn Brothers: 2-in-1”, p.128, Penguin

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• She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.

  Jane Austen

  Regret, Stronger, Firmness

  Jane Austen (1833). “Sense and Sensibility: A Novel”, p.119

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• A lot can happen to a person's appearance in three months.

  Veronica Roth

  Three, Months, Persons

  Veronica Roth (2014). “Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• never judge anyone by their appearance, or the car they drive, or the house they live in, or even by the words they say. judge people by their actions. that's how you know whether they're bad or good." - perfect Summer

  Luanne Rice

  Summer, Car, People

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• Mab turned back to me and eyed me up and down. She quirked one eyebrow, very slightly, somehow conveying layers of disapproval toward multiple aspects of my appearance, conduct, and situation, and said, 'Finally.' 'There’s been a lot on my mind,' I replied. 'It seems unlikely that your cares will lighten,' Queen Mab replied. 'Improve your mind.'

  Jim Butcher

  Queens, Eyebrows, Mind

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• I've told you before. You shouldn't judge people based on appearances and your preconceptions.

  Masashi Kishimoto

  People, Judging, Preconceptions

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• What flaw could you possibly find in his appearance?" "His posture," Hannah muttered. "What about it?" "He slouches." "He's an American. They all slouch. The weight of their wallets drags them over.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Weight, Flaws, Posture

  Lisa Kleypas (2008). “A Wallflower Christmas: A Novel”, p.59, Macmillan

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