Eye Contact Quotes

“Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it."

[Thoughts from Places: The Tour, Nerdfighteria Wiki, January 17, 2012]”
― John Green

“I glanced again. He was still watching me.

Look, let me just say it: He was hot. A nonhot boy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a hot boy... well.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“We look at each other with shy relief. It's the look two odd socks give when they recognise each other in the wild.”
― Fiona Wood, Six Impossible Things

“And what about the lovers who spend hours staring into each other's eyes? Is it a display of trust? I will let you in close and trust you not to hurt me while I'm in this vulnerable position. And if trust is one of the foundations of love, perhaps the staring is a way to build or reinforce it. Or maybe it's simpler than that.
A simple search for connection.
To see.
To be seen.”
― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

“Caring is open-hearted, keeping us available to transmit love to a stranger through simple eye contact and without condition. This is not the opportunistic sizing-up of sexual cruising; instead, it’s the felt recognition of the divinity and humanity in another individual.”
― Alexandra Katehakis, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

“We're just looking and looking at each other. And I can feel something new between us, something even more intimate than anything we've done. Eye to eye. It's the most powerful connection in the world.”
― Sophie Kinsella

“An eye contact is way more intimidating than words.”
― Nitya Prakash

“handwritten letters, direct eye contact, stolen smiles and the art of listening to your heart was the original social media...”
― Nitya Prakash

“I look back up at him, and he’s doing that unfathomable staring thing again. With eyes like his, that should be illegal.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Some people are not really good listeners. They are merely good at keeping quiet for a long time, while someone is talking to them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I break eye contact, then realize you must never break eye contact with the school counselor, or she’ll find something deeply psychological in your downward glance. I force eye contact again.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“Some people are so self-conscious that they are unable to make eye contact for longer than a second, even when they are wearing dark sunglasses.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most people often greet out of pity or insecurity.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Eye contact is one good skill to adopt when speaking in public. However, beware of the culture of people you are speaking to before you contact them with your eyes. Take note of their age range. In some cultures, looking into the face of an elderly person when talking is considered as disrespect. Some cultures don't have problem with it at all.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“Eye contact is not a harbinger of decency.”
― Mary Isabel, [Don't] Call Me Crazy

“His eyes met mine.

The bond between us went taut. I flashed between my body and his, seeing myself through his eyes, bleeding and broken and sobbing.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“On se fixe comme deux chiennes engagées et il n'y a rien de romantique dans tout ça : les flammes qui brassent l'air dans ses pupilles se répercutent dans les miennes.”
― Sarah Braeckveldt, L'envol de l'oiseau blanc

“Your eyes exude insinuation and you know it.”
― Tali Sara, Screaming into Pillows

“Their eyes caught, and he felt his life pause, swing around, and open up to show him a path he hadn’t even known existed. For those lovely, suspended seconds, he thought he might even have the courage to step onto it.”
― Molly Ringle, Ballad for Jasmine Town

“The languishing eye Puts in connection soul with soul.”
― Umar Ibn Muhammed Al-Nefzawi, The Perfumed Garden

“My parents are worried about me, so they take me to a lady, so I can talk about my dragon. She says she knows about dragons like mine. I am hoping for a magic spell or a dragon slayer, with sword in hand. No such luck; just a tiny woman dressed in a short skirt with a lot of pleats and a fancy top with tons of sparkles.
[…]
She looks me in the eye and for some reason I don't feel like I have to look away.”
― Jan Esh & Stephen Nauta, Help! There's a Dragon in My Head

“Some adults are so self-conscious that they are unable to look, for longer than two seconds, a child or even an animal in the eye.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We are often, if not usually, greeted mainly, or even merely, as an attempt to stop us from looking at the person greeting us, at least for a bit.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“He looked across the room and his eyes met hers. It was the same look he always had, the one that said, Can you believe two sensible people like us are caught up in this? And then he turned to meet the guards and Marra saw on his face the moment that he decided to die.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“The boy's friends come over to lead him away, and at that moment, improbably, Locke's gaze lifts. His tawny fox eyes meet mine and widen in surprise. I am immobilised, my heart speeding. I brace myself for more scorn, but then one corner of his mouth lifts. He winks, as if in acknowledgement of being caught out. As if we're sharing a secret. As if he thinks I am not loathly, as though he does not find my mortality contagious.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“They’re keeping this shocking secret away from you…

And it’s a 12-second eye trick that will fix your eyesight and give you 20/20 vision within a matter of DAYS.

That’s right.

And it works on just about anyone, no matter the age. That means your doctor is WRONG and there IS a way to reverse your bad eye sight even if you’re almost 70.

Don’t believe me?

This U.S. doctor is actually challenging the ENTIRE billion dollar industry with this discovery so they can keep making money…

Money from expensive glasses, eye exams, lasik surgeries, and more…

Things that we all know are just band-aid temporary solutions to our failing eyesight…

And he’s been fighting to get the truth known.

So if you wanna know what secret your eye doctor is probably hiding…

Click here to find”
― The eye industry is SCAMMING you and you don’t even know

“Rhys's violet eyes met mine, and I wondered if it was true starlight that flickered so intensely in them as he spoke.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Tonight- I felt you again. Through the bond. Did I get past your shields?'

'No,' he said, scanning the cobblestone streets below. 'This bond is... a living thing. An open channel between us, shaped by my powers, shaped... by what you needed when we made the bargain.'

'I needed not to be dead when I agreed.'

'You needed not to be alone.'

Our eyes met. It was too dark to read whatever was in his gaze. I was the one who looked away first.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“i got the fear deep inside. breathing hard, i stumble up the stairs avoiding inquisitive eye contact. the darker you are, the harder you die and they don't never care. i need to rest.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Never-Ending Cigarettes

“He was standing very close to her, and she felt something like an electric current running through her body as he held onto her hand. She looked up into his face; long and narrow, except for those cheekbones jutting out of it. Wide, almond-shaped eyes, as pretty as a girl's. They were a shifting, indefinable hue, the color of smoke and shadows.”
― Helen Maryles Shankman, The Color of Light