“She’d have the two of them eating out of her shoe. I’ve watched her in action, but I could never get away with it. And, I console myself, being cute hasn’t made her all that happy.”— Michael Dorris
“Somehow, it bothered her watching Garth’s charm directed so effectively at another. Could he convince her so easily of an untruth?”— Colleen Chen
“Peeta actually is charming and then utterly winning as the boy in love. And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.”— Suzanne Collins
“Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald
“She once told him about the mysterious trampled-down places found in fields, which the peasants superstitiously called werewolves’ nests. Coming across one of these sites, she fell to her knees and buried her face in the flattened yellow grasses, hoping to inhale the odor of a werewolf, a csordásfarkas. As if his scent was a charm. She smelled nothing but hay burned by the afternoon sun.”— Jody Shields
“Sympathies that lie too deep for words, too deep almost for thoughts, are touched, at such times, by other charms than those which the senses feel and which the resources of expression can realise.”— Wilkie Collins
“Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned.”— Joseph Bottum
“To what do I attribute our decline? It’s far easier to be shocking than charming.”— Fernando A. Torres
“He does not need to be an emperor, but a prince.If he has enough charm or elegance to convince.”— Ana Claudia Antunes
“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.”— Oscar Wilde
“There used to be a canny politician in the Hyde Park area in Chicago in which I at one time lived for several years. His slogan was “I am for harmony if I have to use an axe.” As “Secretary of Charm,” if and when my merits and ambitions are recognized by my appointment to that office, I will take a page out of old “Doc” Jamieson’s book. My motto will be “I will have charm, even if I have to use a club.”— Beatrice Fairfax
“Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn’t capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn’t false.”— P.D. James
“The easiest way to gain someone’s trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you’re just being you and being real. Minimal effort too.”— Ashly Lorenzana
“Your mind, your words, your charm and your style are all the sexiness that I need in my life!”— Avijeet Das
“She has a charm that is incomparable. She has a beautiful heart that flows with love. And she has a sensitive soul that enthralls with magic. She was the spark I had been waiting for all my life.”— Avijeet Das
“Would you favor me with a dance?” Over all the others I was his choice! I curtsied, and he took my hand. Our hands knew each other. Char looked at me, startled. “Have we met before, Lady?”— Gail Carson Levine
“He put his hand on my waist, and my heart began to pound, a rougher rhythm than the music. I held my skirt. Our free hands met. His felt warm and comforting and unsettling and bewildering–all at once.”— Gail Carson Levine
“You can con God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing you’ll do next.”— Dean Koontz