“There is no need for arms, physical violence, material constraints. Just a gaze.” — Michel Foucault

“He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.” — Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

“Sometimes when I look at you, I feel I’m gazing at a distant star. It’s dazzling, but the light is from tens of thousands of years ago.” — Haruki Murakami

“To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch.” — Helen Oyeyemi