Beauty is whatever gives joy.
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
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
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
-Graham Greene
"The Heart of the Matter"
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
-Khalil Gibran
Beauty without expression is boring.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.
-Markus Zusak
"I am the Messenger"
You are a pool of clear water where the light plays.
-Jeanette Winterson
"Written on the Body"
