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* Juliet Marillier's [[The Sevenwaters Trilogy|books]] do this all the time, sometimes with more than one emotion at once, thus: "She saw a mixture of triumph and dread in his eyes."

* The last line of Richard Matheson's "The Splendid Source": {{spoiler|the hero has just been invited to join the [[Ancient Tradition]] he's been tracking down throughout the story. He's all but speechless ... "But, already, the light of consecration was stealing into his eyes."}}

* In [[Dresden Files|The Dresden Files,]] wizards can see a person's soul with their Sight if eye contact is maintained (this is why you don't look at a wizard too long. They see too much). However, there are three drawbacks: the other person can see your's too, it only works once, and you can't forget what you see. [[Nightmare Fuel|Ever]].

* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and the supplementary material, attention is often brought to Elves' bright eyes. From the descriptions they seem to invoke borderline [[Uncanny Valley]] in some characters, and especially evil-leaning characters are terrified from looking Elves' in the eyes, and even good-aligned mortals feel awe from them. The supplementary material explains explicitly that the fire of the Elvish spirit shines through their eyes much more strongly than mortal spirit.