Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Quotations
Beauty
When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.
-Drew Barrymore
Beauty is when you don't care about how you look, but rather about how you act, and that makes all the difference.
-Khadijah Bagais
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
Among the many answers I have found, I believe love is the most beautiful and simple art that reflects the beauty of life.
-Mabel Iam
Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.
-Alex Flinn
"Beastly"
Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
-George B. Mere
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
-Khalil Gibran
You are a pool of clear water where the light plays.
-Jeanette Winterson
"Written on the Body"
Beauty is something that burns the hand when you touch it.
-Yukio Mishima
"Forbidden Colors"
