All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.
-Miguel De Cervantes
Quotations
Beauty
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth; I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
-Khalil Gibran
Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.
-Robert Brault
You are a pool of clear water where the light plays.
-Jeanette Winterson
"Written on the Body"
Beauty is the worst kind of lie.
-Beth Kephart
"Undercover"
Being beautiful is accomplished everytime you don't wear make-up.
-Anonymous
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
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
Beauty soaks reality as water fills a rag.
-Chet Raymo
"Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God"
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
