“Brightly woven, Diar,' Aileron said. And then dazzled them all with the warmth of his smile.”
“She knew what he wanted, and gave it to him; not words, but a smile of warmth and delight — a smile that said, “I’m yours for the asking; I’m won.” It was not a smile that undervalued herself, because through its beauty it spoke for both of them, expressed all the potential joy that existed between them.”
“They can afford to smile because they all have teeth so dazzling if they dropped them in the snow they'd be lost forever.”
“He had been dazzled. Because of the dazzling brightness, he had had to kill [Seigen]. All who had encountered Seigen had had their hearts stolen by that brightness. That envy had turned to malice.”
“You look dazzling," Rose said with a dreamy smile. "Like an angry princess.”
“He smiled with all the warmth of a dollhouse oven.”