His cheekbones gave his face a harsh character, looking at the world from under their tawny eyebrows, gave the impression of a man ever alert to greet a redeeming instinct in others but often disappointed.

Their gaze began with a defiant note but was confused by what seemed a deliberate swoon of the pupil into the iris, revealing for an instant a temperament of great sensibility.

They agreed to break off their intercourse; every bond, he said, is a bond of sorrow.

~A Painful Case, James Joyce

Felt obligated to read him since in Dublin.