There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
Quotations
Beauty
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
-Baltasar Gracián
"The Art of Worldly Wisdom"
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
I don't take good pictures cause I have the kind of beauty that moves.
-Ani DiFranco
Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
-George B. Mere
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
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
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
-John Ruskin
Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
-Graham Greene
"The Heart of the Matter"
Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.
-Charles Baudelaire
