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Quote #7
Her face deeply moved him. Why, he could at first not say. It gave him the impression of youth--spring flowers, yet age—a sense of having been used to the bone, wasted; this came from the eyes, which were hauntingly familiar, yet absolutely strange. (143)
Stella's familiarity is ultimate what draws Leo to her: like she can understand the pain he's going through. So appearances can signal a connection deeper than mere good looks. Stella isn't conventionally pretty, but she looks soulful.
Quote #8
Feature for feature, even some of the ladies of the photographs could do better; but she lapsed forth to this heart—had lived, or wanted to—more than just wanted, perhaps regretted how she had lived—had somehow deeply suffered: it could be seen in the depths of those reluctant eyes, and from the way the light enclosed and shone from her, and within her, opening realms of possibility: this was her own. (143)
Again, we're seeing appearance as a reflection of the soul: a way of reaching through the trivial details and finding out who a person really is.