Quotes Tagged "charm"

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you'll do next.

Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible, distant because of his demonstrated flawlessness, and possessing such strength of character that he was dismaying and at the same time utterly attractive in an enticing and forbidden way.

He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. I held my skirt. Our free hands met. His felt warm and comforting and unsettling and bewildering--all at once.

Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.

The vampire could woo any woman with his charisma and his charm, but he only wishes to romance her.. for eternity.

The charm turned on them a face that was cold in its beauty, that was full of a poetry never to be theirs, that spoke, with an ironic smile, of a possible but forbidden life. It all rolled afresh over Milly: 'Oh, the impossible romance—!' The romance for her, yet once more, would be to sit there for ever, through all her time, as in a fortress; and the idea became an image of never going down, of remaining aloft in the divine, dustless air, where she would hear but the plash of the water against stone. The great floor on which they moved was at an altitude, and this prompted the rueful fancy. 'Ah, not to go down—never, never to go down!' she strangely sighed to her friend.

He’s an indulgent sort of man…… With a quick lip and a fierce tongue, the sort of tongue that draws you in with charm and words of praise, awkward silences and desperate worships.

He looked with deep attention to me as if he was drinking in my style, my charms, and my beauty.

Have you ever danced like a peacock with all of your style, beauty and charm?

I'm not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I'm not saying that either is kinder or wiser or more ambitious, more thoughtful, confident, or able. But the fact is that when I'm with the one, comfort settles into my bones. I feel calm around him, as if the sun is smiling down on me and the world has suddenly become a sweet, safe place to be. I feel good about life―about myself. And it's hard not to want to be near someone who, just by their very nature, makes you feel that way.

When a woman wants your attention, she uses her smile. When she wants your wallet, she uses her charm. When she wants your heart, she uses her touch. When she wants your soul, she uses her kiss.

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.

I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.