"Impassiveness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of surprise, and Metzar a curse, as the lithe Indian leaped the brook. He was not young. His swarthy face was lined, seamed, and terrible with a dark impassiveness. ...
— The Last Trail • Zane Grey
... that was in matters of trade. And how could he stand there and argue the case for the Queen? He was the newest joined, the greenest member of her crew. Already his mouth was dry and his nerves tense. But Dane didn't know that none of that was revealed by his face or manner. The usual impassiveness which had masked his inner conflicts since his first days at the Pool served him now. And the others never noted the hesitation with which he approached the ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton
... the execution-ground, for example, and bring back a head in proof of courage. For the fear of the dead was held not less contemptible in a samurai than the fear of man. The samurai child was pledged to fear nothing. In all such tests, the demeanor exacted was perfect impassiveness; any swaggering would have been judged quite as harshly as any ...
— Kokoro - Japanese Inner Life Hints • Lafcadio Hearn
... he rose, and forgetting, for a moment, his customary rigidity, he let his mask of icy impassiveness drop off his ...
— Within an Inch of His Life • Emile Gaboriau
... Toward night they appeared on the stretch. The Indian rode into camp and, dismounting, handed the bridle-rein to Naab. He spoke no word; his dark impassiveness invited no comment. Silvermane was dust-covered and sweat-stained. His silver crest had the same proud beauty, his neck still the splendid arch, his head the noble outline, but his was a ...
— The Heritage of the Desert • Zane Grey
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