Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
Quotations
Beauty
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.
-Michael Cunningham
"The Hours"
Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
-George B. Mere
You are a pool of clear water where the light plays.
-Jeanette Winterson
"Written on the Body"
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.
-Elisabeth Kubler Ross "Elisabeth Kubler-Ross"
Beauty nourishes the soul as the food feeds the body.
-Patience Strong
What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?
-Marty Rubin
Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.
-Robert Brault
The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.
-Vik Muniz
