I'm reading the book...

[etan]

"...For a long time he didn't do anything. He looked at her, of course. He didn't mind looking at her when she passed; looking brought it's own special excitement with it. It was as if she brought her own light with her, because wherever she went, she glowed. Who could explain that? [He] liked to catch that glow, once in a while.

Daniel Wallace, Big Fish