CHARACTER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS (WRITING REFERENCE)

CHARACTER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS (WRITING REFERENCE)

EYES/BROWS

his eyes widened

her eyes went round

her eyelids drooped

his eyes narrowed

his eyes lit up

his eyes darted

he squinted

she blinked

her eyes twinkled

his eyes gleamed

her eyes sparkled

his eyes flashed

his eyes glinted

his eyes burned with…

her eyes blazed with…

her eyes sparked with…

her eyes flickered with…

_____ glowed in his eyes

the corners of his eyes crinkled

she rolled her eyes

he looked heavenward

she glanced up to the ceiling

she winked

tears filled her eyes

his eyes welled up

her eyes swam with tears

his eyes flooded with tears

her eyes were wet

his eyes glistened

tears shimmered in her eyes

tears shone in his eyes

her eyes were glossy

he was fighting back tears

tears ran down her cheeks

his eyes closed

she squeezed her eyes shut

he shut his eyes

his lashes fluttered

she batted her lashes

his brows knitted

her forehead creased

his forehead furrowed

her forehead puckered

a line appeared between her brows

his brows drew together

her brows snapped together

his eyebrows rose

she raised a brow

he lifted an eyebrow

his eyebrows waggled

she gave him a once-over

he sized her up

her eyes bored into him

she took in the sight of…

he glared

she peered

he gazed

she glanced

he stared

she scrutinized

he studied

she gaped

he observed

she surveyed

he gawked

he leered

his pupils (were) dilated

her pupils were huge

his pupils flared

NOSE

her nose crinkled

his nose wrinkled

she sneered

his nostrils flared

she stuck her nose in the air

he sniffed

she sniffled

MOUTH

she smiled

he smirked

she grinned

he simpered

she beamed

her mouth curved into a smile

the corners of his mouth turned up

the corner of her mouth quirked up

a corner of his mouth lifted

his mouth twitched

he gave a half-smile

she gave a lopsided grin

his mouth twisted

he plastered a smile on his face

she forced a smile

he faked a smile

her smile faded

his smile slipped

he pursed his lips

she pouted

his mouth snapped shut

her mouth set in a hard line

he pressed his lips together

she bit her lip

he drew his lower lip between his teeth

she nibbled on her bottom lip

he chewed on his bottom lip

his jaw set

her jaw clenched

his jaw tightened

a muscle in her jaw twitched

he ground his jaw

he snarled/his lips drew back in a snarl

her mouth fell open

his jaw dropped

her jaw went slack

he gritted his teeth

she gnashed her teeth

her lower lip trembled

his lower lip quivered

SKIN

she paled

he blanched

she went white

the color drained out of his face

his face reddened

her cheeks turned pink

his face flushed

she blushed

he turned red

she turned scarlet

he turned crimson

a flush crept up her face

WHOLE FACE, ETC.

he screwed up his face

she scrunched up her face

he grimaced

she winced

she gave him a dirty look

he frowned

she scowled

he glowered

her whole face lit up

she brightened

his face went blank

her face contorted

his face twisted

her expression closed up

his expression dulled

her expression hardened

she went poker-faced

a vein popped out in his neck

awe transformed his face

fear crossed her face

sadness clouded his features

terror overtook his face

recognition dawned on her face

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“ i ain’t worth a goddamn in someone else’s hands. “

“ you’ve got real potential, but you lack the essentials. “

“ you can see, i’m not a plaything. “

“ it’s fair to assume your intent’s to consume me. “

“ you think that you’re such a star. ha! what a fraud you are. “

“ the only gift you possess is your viciousness. “

“ every day, you’re a different person. “

“ ____, it’s such a pleasure to know the real you. “

“ you promised me you’d never be my torturer. “

“ for such a nice girl, you sure do talk like a freak. “

“ we’ve got hearts of children, but children can be so malicious. “

“ ____, you should’ve known better than to trust me. “

“ it follows me like a second self, a malignant shadow. “

“ i’m becoming one of them, one of you. “

“ you’re a hack, but it’s charming when you crack yourself up. “

“ everybody knows what you go to to keep yourself together. “

“ ____, you know, i only want to stay close to you. “

“ it’s a shame, nowadays all your friends have become such a drag. “

“ i’m just a dying fad. “

“ does it make you feel like you really made it when you leave me hanging like this? “

“ well, i’m not gonna make the first move if you don’t even give a goddamn. “

“ i know my survival is like, so boring. but i’ve got nothing else to give. “

“ if you came calling, ____, i’d come back every time. “

“ i hear you’re still living as an emotional vagrant. “

“ well my heart might be shot, but at least i’ve still got one. “

“ is your failure to connect just your way of protecting yourself? “

“ i have never been the type to go to church and i have never prayed for anyone but you. but i pray for you each night. “

“ it’s so bitter that it’s lost control of you and it thirsts for your destruction. “

“ i know you really must feel sorry for me because i just can’t have a normal heart. “

“ i get so deeply poisoned by love. “

“ if i can’t have you to myself, how can i be happy? “

“ can you hear me when i scream? “

“ you hijacked my mind, not that i want it back. “

“ can i have you? and can you be everything i need? “

“ i danced with you in a nightmare. “

“ will you remember me when our spirits scatter off? “

“ i just can’t stand the thought that a love as beautiful as ours could be forgotten. “

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“ i used to be a lot of different people. none of whom i particularly liked. “

“ man is too small, before the face of nature. “

“ your suffering is over. now you will find peace for eternity. “

“ you’re in danger. we all are. “

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“ it’s like in my dreams! i couldn’t ask for anything more! “

“ we can’t. i’m alive… and you are dead. “

“ we fear death because we love life. “

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“ it’s strange. i hardly know you, but i’ve spoken to you as i haven’t done with anybody else. “

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“ death is also a beginning. you start a new game. it’s a really scary game. “

“ i have no memory. it’s like looking into a mirror and seeing nothing but the mirror. “

“ you have brought me here to die? “

“ i want to understand what it feels like to see something that has not yet happened. “

“ why can’t i just go, lose control? “

“ the joys of love; they last, but a short time. the pains of love last all your life. “

“ we come into the world crying. “

“ even when they die, people don’t really go away. “

“ you like me, don’t you? that’s why you don’t want to see me. “

“ love doesn’t vanish, it simply changes its form. “

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“ you have the fangs of a snake and the face of an angel. “

“ do not get into my life. you’d destroy it mercilessly. “

“ you think in such a way because it’s convenient to you. you never tried to understand me. “

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“ i won’t back down. i won’t be defeated by men. “

“ you have a heart for laughter. i have one for tears. “

“ i won’t be your thing! i’m alive! “

“ you’re like death itself. “

“ you’re beyond saving. i don’t care if you burn in hell. “

“ i understand. i can sense you. how can i put it? i felt a power being born with you. “

“ everything means something, i guess. “

“ nothing in the world can separate us. and tonight we’ll live only for each other. “

“ you think that everything can be seen, and touched, and weighed, and measured. you think you’ve discovered reality, but you don’t even know what it is. “

“ i might be happier if i could just die like this. but i’ll go on living. i won’t let hardship defeat me. “

“ i wish i could go somewhere far away. would you go with me? “

“ it’s a harsh world, you know. it’s difficult to follow a righteous path. “

“ we are in the realm of the dead. “

“ we are in the realm of love. “

“ i love you. i love your sickness. “

“ kisses, to forget i’m alive. kisses, to forget you’re dead. “

“ i feel like something bad is gonna happen to me. “

“ i feel like something bad has happened. it hasn’t reached me yet, but it’s on its way. and it’s getting closer. and i don’t feel ready. “

“ i’d like to take the whole world into my arms and kiss it. “

“ you don’t know what i’m like inside. i’m possessed. “

“ in the middle of all that ugliness and darkness, i knew that it is not the only thing in the world. there is also beauty. “

“ killing is supposed to wrap things up… but no matter how many i kill, they just keep coming. there’s no end to it. “

“ when you love someone too much, your love can snuff them out. “

“ god, the smell… what is it? oh… that’s the smell of blood. “

“ i’m hungry. understand? i’m terribly hungry. i’m sorry, ____, but i must appease my hunger. “

“ you hear me. you can hear me. “

“ why can’t anybody hear me? “

“ you could learn a lot from children. they believe in things in the dark until we tell them it’s not so. maybe we’ve been fooling them. “

“ nothing of life can reach us now… no more contact with the living. “

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“ don’t pick a fight with me, you certainly won’t come out alive. “

“ you can’t ask me to drop everything i’ve been working for and give up all my ambitions, because your plans have changed. be realistic! “

“ they can’t understand that, all those who hunt us down. “

“ if they knew that we’re a dream, they would love and protect us. because, that way, they could dream about us. “

“ sometimes i think a violent force drags me. “

“ stop acting so humane! you’re not even human. “

“ we’re human-eating beasts, that’s what! “

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