„With the smile that was childlike and bland.“

„There is a smile of love,
And there is a smile of deceit,
And there is a smile of smiles
In which these two smiles meet.“

—  William Blake English Romantic poet and artist 1757 - 1827

„Give a smile to everyone you meet (smile with your eyes) — and you’ll smile and receive smiles…“

—  W. Clement Stone American New Thought author 1902 - 2002

„There was a species of middle pretty who smiled at everything: happy smile, disappointed smile, you're-in-trouble smile.“

—  Scott Westerfeld American science fiction writer 1963

„Edward smiled, I smiled, even Bernardo smiled. Olaf just looked sinister.“

—  Laurell K. Hamilton, kniha Skin Trade

„Smiling is mostly about smiling more.“

—  Suzanne Collins American television writer and novelist 1962

„A man can smile and smile and be a villain.“

—  Aldous Huxley, kniha Konec civilizace

„One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.“

—  William Shakespeare, Hamlet

„Smiling for no reason is the only REASON to smile!“

—  Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

„I looked at myself in that window, oblivious to all the people around me and I stared and smiled that particular smile. You know that smile that seems to knock you and tell you how pathetic you are? That's the smile I was smiling.“

—  Markus Zusak Australian author 1975

„You don’t return people’s smiles—it’s perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains.“

—  Helen Oyeyemi, kniha Boy, Snow, Bird

„He was a person who couldn't fake a smile but smiled often.“

—  E. Lockhart, kniha We Were Liars

„Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.“

—  Susanna Kaysen, kniha Girl, Interrupted

„He smiled his irresistible smile, but Dora found it highly resistible.“

—  Caryl Brahms English critic, novelist, and journalist 1901 - 1982

„I don’t smile. My smiles don’t make people relax.“

—  Karen Marie Moning author 1964

„She is smiling and her eyes are kind but now the smile is purely social“

—  James Baldwin, kniha Giovanni's Room

„I like to think of smiling as a cause not an effect. Smile all the time.“

—  Brooke Bundy American actress 1944

„He smiled the most exquisite smile, veiled by memory, tinged by dreams.“

—  Virginia Woolf, kniha To the Lighthouse

„While you've a lucifer to light your fag,
Smile, boys, that's the style.
What's the use of worrying?
It never was worth while, so
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile.“

—  George Henry Powell songwriter 1880 - 1951

„And smiles to go before I weep,
And Smiles to go before I weep.“

—  Jerry Spinelli, Smiles to Go