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
Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; follow the straight line, thou shalt see the curved line ever follow thee.
-William Maccall
Being beautiful is accomplished everytime you don't wear make-up.
-Anonymous
No matter how plain a woman maybe, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.
-William Goldman
"The Princess Bride"
Beauty is the worst kind of lie.
-Beth Kephart
"Undercover"
Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.
-Charles Baudelaire
Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.
-Alex Flinn
"Beastly"
I don't take good pictures cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.
-Ani DiFranco
Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
