3 Gustave Flaubert Quotes on Eyes

Gustave Flaubert quotes on eyes

18. Seen from close, her eyes appeared larger than life, especially when she opened and shut her eyelids several times on awakening: black when looked at in the shadow, dark blue in bright light, they seemed to contain layer upon layer of color, thicker and cloudier beneath, lighter and more transparent toward the lustrous surface.

77. She stood there, solemn, almost terrible, transfixing him with her great blazing eyes.

85. And in his eyes she read a love such as she had never known.