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a211ddb Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. music heart inspirational expression power-of-music Alphonse de Lamartine
93ef1c5 I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. humor intelligibility expression sarcasm Jane Austen
72ad09f She was not one for emptying her face of expression. face expression J.D. Salinger
e6a51dd Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of. feelings learning humor education life love truth inspirational expression Jason Mraz
4714433 "Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)" words speaking taciturnity expression William Shakespeare
65856c6 "Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter." laughter work burst puzzled uglies expression one Scott Westerfeld
489a9c1 She sang, as requested. There was much about love in the ballad: faithful love that refused to abandon its object; love that disaster could not shake; love that, in calamity, waxed fonder, in poverty clung closer. The words were set to a fine old air -- in themselves they were simple and sweet: perhaps, when read, they wanted force; when sung, they wanted nothing. Shirley sang them well: she breathed into the feeling, softness, she poured round the passion, force: her voice was fine that evening; its expression dramatic: she impressed all, and charmed one. On leaving the instrument, she went to the fire, and sat down on a seat -- semi-stool, semi-cushion: the ladies were round her -- none of them spoke. The Misses Sympson and the Misses Nunnely looked upon her, as quiet poultry might look on an egret, an ibis, or any other strange fowl. What made her sing so? never sang so. Was it proper to sing with such expression, with such originality -- so unlike a school girl? Decidedly not: it was strange, it was unusual. What was must be ; what was must be . Shirley was judged. understanding prejudice jealousy passion women empathy morality music love musicality preconceptions feeling fidelity expression faithfulness propriety singing social-norms judgment society gift hypocrisy talent rejection gender expectations Charlotte Brontë
7212721 [S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. expression hypocrisy eyes Charles Dickens
af01886 Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. expression despair hell Yann Martel
ab08922 When we are loving, we openly and honestly express care, affection, responsibility, respect, commitment, and trust. love bell-hooks loving expression bell hooks
6d28629 Confront all the angry thoughts, feelings, the jealousies and condemnations, to find their cause, seek the root of such feelings and then operate on that. Need of security and reassurance can cause criminal acts. jealousy expression security emotions Anaïs Nin
9172c18 Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her. mask expression Donna Leon
7869c7b Though she has trouble deciphering other people's facial expressions, her face is an open book and no one would ever have trouble understanding hers. understanding expression connection Tracey Garvis Graves
debc5e3 People wonder at the romantic lives of poets and artists, but they should rather wonder at their gift of expression. The occurrences which pass unnoticed in the life of the average man in the existence of a writer of talent are profoundly interesting. It is the man they happen to that makes their significance. experiences poets writer writing maugham w-somerset-maugham expression authors W. Somerset Maugham
6bc5d59 There are times when the human face and body can express the yearning of the heart so accurately that you can, as they say, read them like a book. love expression yearning-of-the-heart Diane Setterfield