The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.
-Vik Muniz
Quotations
Beauty
Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
-Graham Greene
"The Heart of the Matter"
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
-Miguel De Cervantes
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
There is no better cosmetic, than the laughter on a woman’s face.
-Estée Lauder
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.
-Nikolai Gogol
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
-John Keats
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
-Thomas More
"Utopia"
