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The windows of his house shone in the darkness like squares of melting butter. — Annie Proulx

My mother made a brilliant impression upon my childhood life. She shone for me like the evening star. — Winston Churchill

push it myself." On the next day the weather was delightful, and the sun shone brightly on the green burdock — Hans Christian Andersen

He had the intellectual capacity of a louse, but shone in cooking up new ways to be cruel. — Isabel Allende

She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day. — Jerry Spinelli

It hurt her eyes, almost, Ror City; and it didn't surprise her that Po should come from a place that shone. — Kristin Cashore

The moon shone upon his almost transparent hands, and Stephen saw that the nails were fearfully long and that the light shone through them. — M.R. James

Yet, when struck at a particular angle by a flicker of candlelight from the chandelier, its heart of wine-drenched velvet shone through. — Tom Robbins

And that day the cultural god of science had shone a bit less brightly, had died a little in the people's minds. — Clifford D. Simak

His hand shone dully in its light. No good for throttling eunuchs, but heavy enough to smash that slimy smile into a fine red ruin. — George R R Martin

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth. — Albert Einstein

It's a subject that is often hidden and very secretive, but it's something which I feel should have a light shone upon it. — Fern Britton

The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building and your front yard today. — Linda Goodman

Years later the lights of the growing city would erase the stars from the sky, but back then they shone through the branches like jailed fireflies. — Leslye Walton

It's true. I've seen it when the crescent moon shone bright on a cold, dark night. The darker the night, the brighter God's smile. — Anusha Atukorala

The sun shone on us, the water sparkled, the oar-blades dipped and we were gone. Gone to make history. — Bernard Cornwell

He looked at me again and his eyes shone in the lamplight, or with the inner light of delighted anticipation.
His enthusiasm made him beautiful. — Rachel Hartman

[She] knew that it was not precisely a body that one loved. One loved the man who shone out through the eyes and used its mouth to smile and speak. — Louis De Bernieres

O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter / And on her daughter / They wash their feet in soda water. — T. S. Eliot

You wouldn't believe
the sun had ever shone on this heart. — Antonio Cisneros

He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor. — Cassandra Clare

You've always been your own knight, riding to your rescue. I'm just the man who came along and saw how brightly your armor shone. — Courtney Milan

The prince's eyes shone with amusement at her brashness but lingered a bit too long on her body. — Sarah J. Maas

Her words were like tinfoil; they shone and they covered things up. — Helen Cross

Maybe someday I'll have that, bit it won't be with Ridge, and knowing that diminishes whatever ray of hope shone through the storm of my week. — Colleen Hoover

The morning drew on and the sun touched the mist so that it shone whitely like the ghost of snow on a dying star. — W. Somerset Maugham

I decorated this man like decorating a Christmas tree. His voice spoke jingles of love and his eyes shone like fake lights every time we made love. — Elise Icten

The moon shone like herrings in the water. — Dorothy Wordsworth

Her mouth was a gash of red, like the torn-open stomach of a sacrifice, bloody and oracular. Behind it her teeth shone sharp and white as bone. — Madeline Miller

This world was made to be cloaked in gray.
It wouldn't feel natural if the sun shone brightly all the time. — Darren Shan

Remember when you were young?
You shone like the Sun ... — Pink Floyd

His eyes shone with an anguish Clara understood well. Loss, horrible loss. Pain and anger, and the world being pulled out from beneath one's feet. — Claire Legrand

As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation. — William Bradford

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing I'd ever seen, that California sunshine. — Angela Carter

Supplementing the far, remote Glory-of-God expression in his face, the glory-of-doughnuts shone suddenly very warmly. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Her green eyes shone when i asked questions and she gave me the siren smile each time i clued in. That smile only made me want to learn more. — Katie McGarry

The most peerless piece of earth, I think, that e' er the sun shone bright on. — William Shakespeare

She shone like the horizon when it is almost too bright to look upon. — Daniel Abraham

He was humbled by her infinite love toward him - it shone through even in his afterlife. — H. L. Balcomb

She caught a piece of my smile and shone it back at me. — Patrick Rothfuss

Oh, Gods."
His eyes shone with want and predatory satisfaction. "The name's William. It's a common mistake. — Ilona Andrews

Innocence was something that grew in the heart and shone through the eyes. — Karen Kingsbury

It was the hour of morning,
when the sun mounts with those stars
that shone with it when God's own love
first set in motion those fair things — Dante Alighieri

Lilith opened the shutters and allowed herself to bathe in the bright moonlight, as it shone across the Highland Glen. — Alan Kinross

Their cold blue light shone through the silver curtains of river mist as streetlamps might glimmer through a smoke-grimed window — Scott Lynch

Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun, grow pure by being purely shone upon. — Thomas Moore

There were no stars, or if they were they shone like volcanic glass. — J.V. Jones

A man was standing at the end of the hallway, just outside an open door, from where a great light shone, illuminating him almost as a god. — John Boyne

Are we immortal?" he paused in his exploration of her skin.

Mischief shone in her eyes. "Want me to shoot you and find out? — A.W. Exley

Hansel took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces, and showed them the way. — Jacob Grimm

She was like a star, always so distant. Even the light she shone on me was always cold. — Liu Cixin

The steel kettle shone, a slow furl of steam at its spout, vaguely suggestive of genie and lamp. Oh, grant me a wish, just the one. — John Banville

The stars were extra bright tonight, and they shone and glimmered as if each one had something it wanted to say. — Chris Kurtz

Eli had shone a light into my world, he'd lit up the dark corners just by existing and even if I walked away now, I knew I'd ache for him. — E.M. Denning

A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall. A half moon shone through the dark, flying clouds on to the wild and empty moor. — Arthur Conan Doyle

That old berk," muttered Aberforth, taking another swig of mead. "Thought the sun shone out of my brother's every orifice, he did. — J.K. Rowling

for being the work of Elvish smiths in the Elder Days these swords shone with a cold light, if any Orcs were near at hand. Behind — J.R.R. Tolkien

A ray of light peeked through the casket of his heart and shone a ray on the decayed hope there.
- Holt McKnight — Jessica R. Patch

Then the heart of Eowyn changed, or else at last she understood it. And suddenly her winter past, and the sun shone on her. — J.R.R. Tolkien

The Trees shone on Valinor, and Valinor gave back their light in a thousand scintillations of splintered colours; — Anonymous

And her skin shone luminous and impossibly pale, as if it drank light from the moon. — Madeline Miller

Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd
Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind. — John Milton

Through affliction hath His light shone and His praise been bright unceasingly: this hath been His method through past ages and bygone times. — Baha'u'llah

His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth. — James Joyce

The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times. — Henry James

The sun shone on the meadows and woods like a trusted employee. — Michel Houellebecq

The abyss above him shone with unflickering stars. One of the dots of light was Earth. He didn't know which one. — James S.A. Corey

Ico took the girls hand in his own, the gesture feeling intensely familiar, as the sun shone brightly over the end of their long story. — Miyuki Miyabe

all things soon pass away and become a mere tale, and complete oblivion soon buries them. And I say this of those who have shone in a wondrous way. — Marcus Aurelius

It was a clear cold night and the stars shone down upon the mountains as bright and merciless as truth. — George R R Martin

But if the star should set, even while I am penning these lines, be it so; still I can say it has shone, and I have received a rich portion. — Hans Christian Andersen

But this we know, the obstacle that checked
And tripped the body, shot the spirit on
Further than target ever showed or shone. — Robert Frost

Ash looked at me. I saw pain in his eyes, and a little regret, but they shone with such emotion I felt breathless. 'I already have. — Julie Kagawa

And then one day the sun was bright, the wind was strong and my eyes shone with a godly light — Anubhav Mishra

The Scottish sun, shocked by having its usual cloudy underpinnings stripped away, shone feverishly, embarrassed by its nakedness. — Stuart Haddon

Cinderheart gasped. Then her pelt smoothed. She lifted her chin. "Then I choose the life of a warrior." Her blue eyes shone. "And I choose you. — Erin Hunter

Billions of hard, bright stars shone with relentless glitter across the tropic night sky. — James Jones

Poor old Venus didn't even make her own light, Dad said. She shone only from reflected light. — Jeannette Walls

And the stars blinked
as they watched her carefully
jealous of the way she shone. — Atticus Poetry

We filled the night air with light and shone brighter than all those millions of glittering stars watching us from the sky. — Kenya Wright

Deliberately she shrouded the light in her eyes, but it shone against her will in the faintly perceptible smile. — Leo Tolstoy

He sent up his song towards the star-land out of his reach, where, circled with light, the planet who ruled his destiny shone unknown and out of ken. — Rabindranath Tagore

No matter how the sun shone, the sea held forth no more promises. — Albert Camus

They caressed one another until their hides shone. They embraced until their 206 bones squeaked like mice. Their bed was a boat in a weird sea. — Tom Robbins

For the first time in as long as he could remember, a finger of light, like the first ray of dawn, shone into the dark cavern of his soul. — Mark Beauregard

They had reached, she felt, a sunny island where peace dwelt, sanity reigned and the sun forever shone, the blessed island of good boots. — Virginia Woolf

It's a lovely day and we're under siege. People are trying to murder us." Her eyes shone with excitement. "Isn't it marvelous? — Ilona Andrews

Somewhere beyond the curtain Of distorting days Lives that lonely thing That shone before these eyes Targeted, trod like Spring. — William Butler Yeats

Their faces shone with the delight of their souls. — Maya Angelou

All he knew was that she shone, like a constellation in the shape of a girl. — Cassandra Clare

In a land of sand and ruin and gold
There shone one woman, and none but she — Algernon Charles Swinburne

And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I mean, she was just cool, you know? And she didn't even mean to be. She was just a hundred-watt lightbulb in a world of forty-watt bulbs. She shone. — Nick Lake

The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall. — Thomas Haynes Bayly

Something about an inner value, about love; the love that shone from him as if from some kind of a beacon. — Bryan Islip

I brushed it until it shone and looked somewhat like it used to look,
only far thinner, and less glorious. — V.C. Andrews

shone kindly and steadily like the face of an old friend. — H.G.Wells

A face peered. All the grey night In chaos of vacancy shone; Nought but vast Sorrow was there The sweet cheat gone. — Walter De La Mare

I had never felt more at home here, here where the stars shone so brightly and the breeze felt like a lover's touch. — Kailin Gow

I found it very cruel that the sun shone and the weather was perfect during the darkest of my days. — Melina Marchetta