Still Smiling Quotes

• But thou, through good and evil, praise and blame, Wilt not thou love me for myself alone? Yes, thou wilt love me with exceeding love, And I will tenfold all that love repay; Still smiling, though the tender may reprove, Still faithful, though the trusted may betray.

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  Thomas B. Macaulay

  Life   Evil   Faithful  

  Thomas Babbington Macaulay, “Lines Written In August”

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• Adrian shook his head, still smiling. "I've said over and over, I'd do anything for you. I just keep hoping it'll be something like, 'Adrian, let's go hot tubbing' or 'Adrian, take me out for fondue.'" "Well, sometimes we have to--did you say fondue?" Sometimes it was impossible to follow Adrian's train of thought. "Why in the world would I ever say that?" He shrugged. "I like fondue.

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  Richelle Mead

  Train Of Thought   Hot   World  

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.67, Penguin

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• A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define. "A kiss." My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning. "Done," I said.

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  Sherwood Smith

  Kissing   Winning   Sky  

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• Thanks for looking out for her, Sage. You're okay. For a human." I almost laughed. "Thanks." "You can say it too, you know." I walked over to Latte and paused. "Say what?" "That I'm okay...for a vampire," he explained. I shook my head, still smiling. "You'll have a hard time getting any Alchemist to admit that. But I can say you're okay for an irreverent party boy with occasional moments of brilliance." "Brilliant? You think I'm brilliant?" He threw his hands skyward. "You hear that, world? Sage says I'm brilliant.

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  Richelle Mead

  Thank You   Party   Hard Times  

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• I told you we were meant to be," he says, still smiling, still so Finn, who was always here but who I just didn't see and now-- Well, now I kiss him.

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  Elizabeth Scott

  Kissing   Were Meant To Be   Still Smiling  

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• You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.

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  Charlie Chaplin

  Life   Smile   Cheer Up  

  Song: Smile

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• The talk of pale, burning-eyed students, anarchists and utopians all, over tea and cigarettes in a locked room long past midnight, is next morning translated, with the literalness of utter innocence, into the throwing of the bomb, the shouting of the proud slogan, the dragging away of the young dreamer-doer, still smiling, to the dungeon and the firing squad.

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  Christopher Isherwood

  Morning   Past   Squad  

  Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy, James P. White (1989). “Where Joy Resides: An Isherwood Reader”, Vintage

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• I am an ambassador," Akretenesh warned me, anger bringing his confidence back. "You cannot shoot." "I don't mean to," I reassured him, still smiling. I adopted his soothing tones. "Indeed, you are the only man I won't shoot. But if I aimed at anyone else, it might give others a dangerously mistaken sense of their own safety." I raised my voice a trifle, though it wasn't really necessary. "We will have another vote, Xorcheus." They elected me Sounis. It was unanimous.

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  Megan Whalen Turner

  Mean   Men   Voice  

  Megan Whalen Turner (2010). “A Conspiracy of Kings”, Greenwillow

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• “Don't be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So... try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right?” He smiled crookedly. The helplessness had faded as he spoke. I glared at him. “I'll see what I can do,” I snapped as I jumped out into the rain. I slammed the door behind me with excessive force. He was still smiling as he drove away.

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  Stephenie Meyer

  Running   Rain   Ocean  

  "Twilight". Book by Stephenie Meyer, October 5, 2005.

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• It's a wonderful way to live, and not a bad way to go, either. The average Frenchman is still smiling three months after he's dead.

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  Bob Hope

  Funny   Humorous   Average  

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• Love is a battle, and I plan to go on fighting. To the end.

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  Milan Kundera

  Fighting   Love Is   Battle  

  "The Unbearable Lightness of Being". Book by Milan Kundera, 1984.

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• Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.

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  Marilyn Monroe

  Love   Life   Happiness  

  1979

• We hold on STEVE's still smiling face as MICHAEL passes by. STEVE's eyes follow MICHAEL out of the room and then the smile disappears. It is replaced by a look of hunger and desolation.

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  Stephen Fry

  Eye   Faces   Looks  

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