Line #1 Quotes/WhenSheSmiles


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2	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
3	->''"The woman I love [[{{Tsundere}} burns with jealousy,\
4	leaps to conclusions, cries, and turns to ice]].''\
5	''But when she laughs, the world is mine."''
6	-->-- '''Yusaku Godai''', ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku''
7
8	->''"Things we think are cool:''\
9	''A factory worker's shy smile!"''
10	-->-- '''Mio''' and '''Yukko''', ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}''
11
12	->''"Can you see, Midoriya, Sir? She smiled...! She smiled!"''
13	-->-- Mirio Togata about Eri's first real smile, ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
14
15	->''"I feel a bit uneasy around her. But even though I'm not reserved or quiet, and I don't keep my thoughts to myself... It's still a bit embarrassing to say that she shines when she smiles."''
16	-->-- '''Arisa''', ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs [[ComicBookAdaptation The Comics]]''
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18
19	[[folder:Fan Works]]
20	->Rosalie's expression normally said, ''you'll have to do better than that to get my attention''. That might have been what made her happiness so arresting when she displayed it, come to think of it.
21	-->-- ''[[http://luminous.elcenia.com/all.shtml Luminosity]]''
22
23	->And then he ''did'' smile, and it was worth it. That sense of security she got when he gave her an almost identical smile after saving her from enemy yakuza, or reassurance that he didn't regret being involved with her.... It was ''that'' smile, so everything was okay after all.
24	-->-- ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero''
25
26	->''"You have no idea what that dazzling smile of yours does to my insides..."''
27	-->-- '''Literature/SherlockHolmes''', ''Fanfic/ChildrenOfTime''
28
29	->Luna [[LoveHurts understands]], in that instant, but still gives him that look. That look of utmost respect, and that happy, trusting smile that could melt anyone down to acid. Luna is Luna, and she always seems to be in love when she gives that smile.
30	-->-- ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10022807/1/affairs-and-occurrences affairs and occurrences]]'', a ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' fic [[note]](Spoilers for the game)[[/note]]
31
32	->[[{{Tsundere}} She]] gave him a rare sheepish, simply pure smile then, making Shinji sit petrified at her beauty. God, thought the boy as he admired her, that's just… beautiful. Perfect… Her smile, [[BrokenBird it was devoid of any pain, any remorse or disgust]], it was the purest smile he had ever seen. Simply breathtaking.
33	-->-- ''Fanfic/ScarTissue'', Chapter 12
34
35	->She gave me her most beautiful smile, before reverting to her arrogant self. If I had not been seated on my bed, I might have fallen on the floor. For that brief moment, she had really been the most gorgeous person I had ever seen.
36	-->-- ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'', [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/209065/4/The-one-I-love-Is Chapter 3]]
37
38	->Then, to his considerable surprise, she smiled at him, something she hadn't done since before the last Angel battle. Shinji felt his heartbeat accelerating as he looked at her.
39	-->-- ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'', Chapter 16
40
41	->''"I will never forget that smile you gave me when you said 'I do' in front of the priest. And it may take my entire life to repay you for that smile, but I'll do it."''
42	-->-- '''Shinji''' to Asuka, ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'', Epilogue
43
44	->Asuka. He imagined her standing at the end of a long polished corridor. She was in her HERZ uniform with her usual eye patch and arm harness. She held Akiko in her arms and smiled at him. It was a smile that could break his heart.
45	-->-- ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'', Chapter 10
46
47	->Once they were almost alone on the bus, Asuka felt safe to talk to him, and rested her head on her arms on the back of Shinji's seat. Shinji was staring out the window, a faintly sad look on his face. She poked him in the back of the head. "Why the glum look, Shinji?"\
48	Shinji blinked and snapped out of his distracted fugue. "Uh? Oh, it's nothing."\
49	She poked him again. "Bullshit. Talk, Third. I like it when you smile too."
50	-->-- ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'', Chapter 3
51
52	->He accepts it without thinking twice, ignoring the blood. I'm not sure, but I think I manage to smile as well, because he suddenly smiles back as he grips my hand with both of his.''\
53	''I would have moved the universe to see that smile.
54	-->-- ''Fanfic/HigherLearning'', Prologue
55
56	->Then Asuka's lips curled up, an almost-smile. It was the most beautiful expression Shinji had seen on her face since before she took Keiko into combat.
57	-->-- ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide''
58
59	->He never managed to say to her face that it was all worth it to see that wisp of a smile and hear her calling him ‘baka’ again in that softer voice.
60	-->-- ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars''
61
62	->If Asuka had fought that day in her usual manner, he might have been able to persuade her. But he hadn't stood a chance against the still tired yet serene smile that she had worn the whole time, so he eventually had given in when she softly asked him to just drive extra carefully.
63	-->-- ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry''
64
65	->[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} She]] turned and smiled at him. Her smile, he thought, had power enough to illuminate the darkness between Earth and Aldebaran.
66	-->-- ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''
67
68	->That luminous smile returned, lending, just for a moment, a breathtaking beauty to her face. For the Doctor, smiles such as that were worth all the pain in the universe.
69	-->-- ''Fanfic/TheManWithNoName''
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71	->Jean Grey studied the framed picture she was holding. She'd managed to capture one of Scott's rare unguarded smiles in the photograph. No one else had ever seen this particular picture of Scott. She'd made sure of that. This was her picture, and it made her heart skip a beat every time she saw it. Scott had been sending that smile to her and only her that afternoon in the park. That's the reason no other human being would ever see this picture. This was her Scott and no one else's.
72	-->-- ''Fanfic/XMenTheEarlyYears''
73
74	->For the first time since she began talking, she smiles. A moment later a giggle slips out of her mouth. She looks… unburdened. She looks like she was in chains and is at long last finally free.\
75	And she is overwhelmingly beautiful.
76	-->-- ''Fanfic/FuturesFreakMeOut''
77
78	->''"[[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Pearl]] felt her heart lurch into her throat as she watched Marina's lips twitch upwards into the faintest of smiles, her teal eyes shining with inaudible laughter as she quietly chewed on another bite (of the grilled cheese sandwich that Pearl made for her).\
79	Pearl realized it had been too damn long since she last saw that incredible smile, no matter how small it was. That was the award-winning smile that belonged to the Marina she knew, and she didn't realize how much she had truly missed it until this moment."''
80	-->-- ''Fanfic/IveGotYourBack'', Chapter 6
81
82	->''And in the end, he never did figure out whether he would have been better off without her in his life. But he did realize one thing. Whether it be right or wrong, whether he loved it or hated it, he would always live or die by Asuka's smile.''
83	-->-- ''Fanfic/WhenSheSmilesFreshC''
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85
86	[[folder:Literature]]
87	->Anne Abbott was one of those exceedingly rare plain girls whose smiles completely transform them, as abruptly as the bursting of a star-shell. When she wore her normal, rather sullen expression, no one would ever notice her - but a man who had seen her smile might well be willing to kill himself working to make her smile again, as often as possible. A woman who was beautiful all the time, Paige thought, probably never could know the devotion Anne Abbott would be given when she found that man.
88	-->-- ''Literature/CitiesInFlight''
89
90	->Vince grinned, and for a second, he didn't look at all [[TheNondescript nondescript]]. He had the kind of smile that could change the climate of a room.
91	-->-- ''Literature/TurnCoat'', ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''
92
93	->''But his smile when he turned it on you was quite remarkable. It seemed to be composed of all the worst things that life can do to you, but which, when he briefly reassembled them in that particular order on his face, made you suddenly feel, "Oh. Well that's all right then."''
94	-->-- ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish''
95
96	->''"Oh, do that again!"''
97	-->-- '''Cordelia Naismith''' seeing Aral Vorkosigan smile, ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga''
98
99	->Sita smiled her warm white smile that had never an equal then in all the worlds, nor ever shall.
100	-->-- ''Literature/TheRamayana'' (trans. William Buck)
101
102	->He had one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced, or seemed to face, the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself.
103	-->-- ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'', Nick Carraway upon meeting Jay Gatsby
104
105	->It wasn't a beautiful face. But it was a nice face. It wasn't a face that could launch a thousand ships. Maybe two ships and a small yacht. That was, until she smiled. When she smiled, her eyes lit up like a pinball machine when you win a bonus game. And she smiled a lot.
106	-->-- ''[[Literature/RedDwarf Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers]]''
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108	->Loor wasn't the smiley type. But when she did, it made my heart melt.
109	-->-- ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' book #4, ''The Reality Bug''
110
111	->A small, astonished smile creased her mouth. The smile transformed her face into an affliction of beauty that Gideon had heretofore managed to ignore.
112	-->-- ''Literature/TheLockedTomb: Literature/GideonTheNinth''
113
114	->''Shelby was one of those people who looked miserable, almost funereal, when she wasn't smiling. When she did, it seemed like she could outshine the sun.''
115	-->-- ''Literature/InCryptid''
116
117	->In life, Ser Miles Toyne had been ugly as sin ... Myles had been possessed of jug ears, a crooked jaw, and the biggest nose that Jon Connington had ever seen. When he smiled at you, though, none of that mattered.
118	-->-- ''Literature/ADanceWithDragons''
119
120	->''"I had known Nicol for a few weeks now, but never once had I seen him smile. I had heard from Sophia that her brother did not, in fact, usually smile very much at all.''\
121	''But Nicol was now... smiling. Smiling, like as if he were truly happy. Athough he was already beautiful in his own right, that heartfelt beauty seemed to amplify that beauty several times over."''
122	-->-- '''Catarina''', ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''
123
124	->''"At that point, her expression, which was like some European fortress city, relaxed into a smile, and that smile made an impression that has never left my mind."''
125	-->-- '''The Protagonist''', about Akashi, ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy''
126
127	->''He wasn't sure how it would be, but when [[DefrostingIceQueen Laurent]] saw who was beside him, he smiled, the expression a little shy but completely genuine. Damen, who hadn't been expecting it, felt the single painful beat of his heart. He'd never thought Laurent could look like that at anyone.''
128	-->-- ''Literature/CaptivePrince'': ''Prince's Gambit''
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130
131	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
132	->''"Every morning, I bring you a cup of coffee just so I can see a smile on your face."''
133	-->-- '''Richard Castle''' to Det. Kate Beckett, ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'', "Always"
134
135	->'''Thea:''' Oh my God...what is ''wrong'' with your face?\
136	'''Oliver:''' What do you mean?\
137	'''Thea:''' There's something really ''weird'' on it...like this thing, with your mouth. ''[Oliver's grin widens]'' It looks like it's in the shape of a...smile?
138	-->-- ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', "An Innocent Man"
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140
141	[[folder:Music]]
142	->''I was so happy when you smiled''\
143	''Your smile breaks through the clouds of grey''\
144	''Far from the sunny days that lie in sleep''
145	-->-- "For Fruits Basket", ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' opening theme
146
147	->''I'm in he-eaven''\
148	''I'm in he-eaven''\
149	''I'm in he-eaven''\
150	''When you smile.''
151	-->-- '''Music/VanMorrison''', "[[RefrainFromAssuming Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)]]"
152
153	->''I'm standing here''\
154	''I really don't think you could know''\
155	''That I'm in heaven when you smile''
156	-->-- '''Music/TheStoneRoses''', "Standing Here"
157
158	->''It's like I never had to''\
159	''See it in your eyes, or feel it;''\
160	''I could tell, when you smile''
161	-->-- '''The Flaming Lips''', "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin When You Smile]]"
162
163	->''When you shine''\
164	''You know you take'' \
165	''A massive part out of me'' \
166	''And when you smile'' \
167	''You know you blind me'' \
168	''To all the horrors I see''
169	-->-- '''Music/{{Spiritualized}}''', "Smiles"
170
171	->''You make me smile like the sun''\
172	''Fall out of bed, sing like bird''\
173	''Dizzy in my head, spin like a record''\
174	''Crazy on a Sunday night''\
175	''You make me dance like a fool''\
176	''Forget how to breathe''\
177	''Shine like gold, buzz like a bee''\
178	''Just the thought of you can drive me wild''\
179	''Oh, you make me smile''
180	-->-- '''Uncle Kracker''', "Smile"
181
182	->''Feel like I'm in heaven when you're with me\
183	Know that I'm in heaven when you smile''
184	-->-- '''Music/TomWaits''', "Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love)"
185
186	->''Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while'',\
187	''But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles'',\
188	''Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.''
189	-->-- "Breathe", '''Anna Nalick'''
190
191	->Whenever I see your smiling face\
192	I have to smile myself\
193	Because I love you (Yes, I do)\
194	And when you give me that pretty little pout\
195	It turns me inside out\
196	There's something about you, baby (I don't know)
197	-->-- '''Music/JamesTaylor''', "Your Smiling Face"
198
199	->''This is the story of a girl''\
200	''Who cried a river and drowned the whole world''\
201	''And while she looks so sad in photographs''\
202	''I absolutely love her''\
203	''[[TropeNamers When she smiles]]''
204	-->-- '''Nine Days''', "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"
205
206	->''And when she smiles she makes the sun shine''\
207	''And fills the day with mornin' dew''\
208	''Happiness runs in the family''\
209	''She's a girl from the good earth and the high tree forest''\
210	''And she's just about the happiest girl I ever knew''
211	-->-- '''Matthews' Southern Comfort''', "And When She Smiles (She Makes The Sun Shine)"
212
213	->''I was born to make you happy,\
214	I think it's just my style.\
215	Everywhere I go, I'll tell everyone I know,\
216	I love to see you smile.''
217	-->-- ''Music/RandyNewman'', "I Love to See You Smile"
218
219	->''When you smile, we can see the sun''
220	-->-- '''Music/{{Supertramp}}''', "Know who you are"
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder:Video Games]]
224	->''(I think it's the first time I see her smiling, without being on her guards. It feels like she's a different person.)''
225	-->-- The '''Main Protagonist''' musing about [[BrokenBird Kaori Yae]], ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial 2 Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation''
226
227	->''(She smiles in a way I have never seen before. My heart feels warm for some reason. That smile was good. That smile was for herself. Not a smile from watching over someone's safety. But a smile because she is happy herself.)''
228	-->-- Shirou's reaction to Saber's genuine smile in the Fate route of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''
229
230	->''"There! That's it! That's the Naminé I remember. Yeah...I really liked it when you used to smile. Of course, that was really only in my fake memories. But what I'm feeling now definitely isn't fake. It's real."''
231	-->-- '''Sora''', ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''
232
233	->''"She has a smile like the sun...I would do much to feel its warmth upon me once again."''
234	-->--'''Great Deku Tree''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''
235
236	->"Slowly her hardened exterior began to soften"
237	-->-- Cammy's Ending, ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV: Arcade Edition''
238	[[/folder]]
239
240	[[folder:Western Animation]]
241	->''"'Cause I love to make you smile, smile, smile (Yes I do)\
242	it fills my heart with sunshine all the while (Yes it does)"''
243	-->-- '''Pinkie Pie''', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
244	[[/folder]]
245
246	[[folder:Real Life]]
247	->''"A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those that give. It takes but a moment, but the memory lasts forever."''
248	-->-- '''Elisabeth Kubler-Ross'''
249
250	->''"...It looks out of the eye first with a merry twinkle, then it creeps down on its hands and knees and plays around the mouth like a pretty moth around the blaze of a candle, then it steals over into the dimples of the cheeks and rides around in those whirlpools for a while, then it lights up the whole face like the mellow bloom on a damask rose, then it swims up on the air, with a peal as clear and as happy as a dinner-bell, then it goes back again on gold tiptoes like an angel out for an airing, and it lies down on its little bed of violets in the heart where it came from."''
251	-->-- '''Josh Billings''', on his favourite kind of laugh/smile
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