Background Image
My breathing slowed. i shaded her thick chestnut hair resting in a smooth curve against her face, a large bruise blazing across her cheek. i paused, looking over my shoulder to make certain i was alone. i drew her eye makeup, smudged by tears. in her watery eyes i drew the reflection of the commander, standing in front of her, his fist clenched. i continued to sketch, exhaled, and shook out my hands.
-Ruta Sepetys
Please Wait....
Translating....

My Breathing Slowed. I Shaded Her Thick

Ruta Sepetys
My breathing slowed. i shaded her thick chestnut hair resting in a smooth curve against her face, a large bruise blazing across her cheek. i paused, looking over my shoulder to make certain i was alone. i drew her eye makeup, smudged by tears. in her watery eyes i drew the reflection of the commander, standing in front of her, his fist clenched. i continued to sketch, exhaled, and shook out my hands.
Views: 46937
Cite this Page
Prevent plagiarism by providing proper attribution.
APA FORMAT
Embed this Quote
Copy this HTML code to embed the quote on your website or blog.
HTML CODE
Topic
Eye Makeup Reflection

More From Ruta Sepetys

Breathing in, i am aware that i am breathing in. breathing out, i am aware that i am breathing out. breathing in, i am grateful for this moment. breathing out, i smile. breathing in, i am aware of the preciousness of this day. breathing out, i vow to live deeply in this day.
Grateful Breathing I Smile
There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. we live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. and what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? that is why life is always like a sketch. no, "sketch" is not quite a word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the groundwork for a picture, whereas the sketch that is our life is a sketch for nothing, an outline with no picture.
Life Mean Decision
Peter curled his hands into fists at his sides. 'kiss me,' he said. she leaned towards him slowly, until her face was too close to be in focus. her hair fell over peter's shoulder like a curtain and her eyes closed. she smelled like autumn-like apple cider and slanting sun and the snap of the coming cold. he felt his heart scrambling, caught inside the confines of his own body. josie's lips landed just on the edge of his, almost his cheek and not quite his mouth. 'i'm glad i wasn't stuck in here alone,' she said shyly, and he tasted the words, sweet as mint on her breath.
Sweet Heart Eye
... he didn't know how to say good-bye. his throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. “i don't want to leave you,” he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands. emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. “i'll never see you again, will i?” he shook his head. “not in this lifetime,” he said hoarsely. she pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. he felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. “then i'll wait a hundred years,” she whispered. “or a thousand, if i must. remember that, nikki. i'll be waiting for you to come to me.
Fall Bye Hands
It is conceivable at least that a late generation, such as we presumably are, has particular need of the sketch, in order not to be strangled to death by inherited conceptions which preclude new births.... the sketch has direction, but no ending; the sketch as reflection of a view of life that is no longer conclusive, or is not yet conclusive.
Reflection Views Order
This is a man with an old face, always old... there was pathos, in his face, and in his eyes. the early weariness; and sometimes tears in his eyes, which he let slip unconsciously on his cheek, or brushed away with an unconcerned hand. there were tears for human suffering, or for a glance into the vast futility of life, which he had seen from the first, being old when he was born.
Eye Men Futility Of Life
Similar Quotes
There exists a creature which is perfectly harmless; when it passes before your eyes you scarcely notice it and forget it again immediately. but as soon as it invisibly gets somehow into your ears, it develops there, it hatches, as it were, and cases have been known where it was penetrated even into the brain and has thriven devastatingly in that organ, like those pneumococci in dogs that gain entrance through the nose.this creature is one's neighbor.
Dog Eye Brain
When i look into your eyes, one word leaps to my mind every time: forever.
Eye Forever Mind
When you don't fit in, you become superhuman. you can feel everyone else's eyes on you, stuck like velcro. you can hear a whisper about you from a mile away. you can disappear, even when it looks like you're still standing right there. you can scream, and nobody hears a sound. you become the mutant who fell into the vat of acid, the joker who can't remove his mask, the bionic man who's missing all his limbs and none of his heart. you are the thing that used to be normal, but that was so long ago, you can't even remember what it was like.
Heart Eye Men
Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'there's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it but me!
Children Eye Thinking

Trending Author

Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin
Harry Crews
Harry Crews
Geena Davis
Geena Davis
Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
Frances Conroy
Frances Conroy
Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman
Category
Information
Inspirational
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Happiness & Joy
Life Lessons
Success & Business
Motivation