His deep blue eyes glittered every time she humored him or re-arranged his cutlery.
— from The Capgras Shift by Samuel Vaknin

As the waters of a lake do not merely reflect their own color, but also the green shore of the surrounding woods and hills, the passing clouds, the deep blue of the heavens above, and of the stars that glitter in it; so in the poem we see not only the soul of its creator, but every great emotion that swelled in the breast of the men of his age and nation.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Various

It occurs to me that she might be even gracious enough to smile in my direction, but she confines her attentions entirely to Marmaduke.
— from Phyllis by Duchess