There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
Quotations
Beauty
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
-Rabindranath Tagore
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"
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are
-Ellen DeGeneres
"Seriously...I'm Kidding"
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
-Anne Frank
Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.
-Wallace Stevens
Being beautiful is accomplished everytime you don't wear make-up.
-Anonymous
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
-Socrates
There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.
-Cynthia Hand
"Hallowed"
