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gaze

«Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors [and then] retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.»
«One senses the figures as passing by the tree line and, caught in the presence of the wall, turning to gaze upon it almost as a vision.»
Author: Frederick Hart | Keywords: figures, gaze, tree line
«The soul that can speak through the eyes, can also kiss with a gaze»
«The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.»
«Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him.»
«Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.»
«Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.»
Author: Lucretius | Keywords: gaze, high water, lashing
«Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.»
«She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, / And lovers are round her, sighing:/ But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, / For her heart in his grave is lying.»
«That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger--not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.»

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