SHINING in Classic Quotes

1  They were big and warm and full of light, like the sun shining on brown pools in the wood.

My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III

2  She was lovely to see, with her eyes shining, and her lips always a little parted when she danced.

My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII

3  Sometimes he was completely hidden by the clouds of snow that rose about him; then he and the horses would emerge black and shining.

My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV

4  Some of the cottonwoods had already turned, and the yellow leaves and shining white bark made them look like the gold and silver trees in fairy tales.

My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: III

5  The sun was gone; the frozen streets stretched long and blue before me; the lights were shining pale in kitchen windows, and I could smell the suppers cooking as I passed.

My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VI

6  Though we had come from such different parts of the world, in both of us there was some dusky superstition that those shining groups have their influence upon what is and what is not to be.

My Antonia By Willa Cather
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII