For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Duino Elegies"
Quotations
Beauty
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
-John Keats
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
-Francis Bacon
Being beautiful is accomplished everytime you don't wear make-up.
-Anonymous
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
-Elisabeth Kubler Ross "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross"
Just because you are blind, and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.
-Margaret Cho
