Her face was very beautiful, he thought. He hadn't been sure before, but he was now. The mind that lived behind it made it beautiful, the same way that the flame inside a lantern makes the lantern beautiful.

Philip Reeve
About This Quote

The face is important to a person because it is the first thing that a person notices about another. As you look at a person, do you first see the face or the body? It is a pretty simple question. However, as a writer, it becomes much more difficult because the face is where you begin your story. The face gives us our first impression of someone. In this quote from John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden, we have a description of a woman's face as well as her soul.

The description is meant to show how beautiful her face is before the reader gets to see her soul. Her soul is what makes her beautiful, but her face helps show why she is so pretty.

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