#al

Death is the Graduation of the Soul ↗

— Sylvia Browne

#spiritual #death

‎"With each experience we grow and become more aware of the inner beauty that lies within us. Ultimately we are truly our own leader. We lead the connection and flow of life that is our inheritance. ↗

— Rabbi Yossi

#kabbalah #rabbi #beauty

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#beauty

In her view, there were three options for a woman. If you were beautiful, you got married. If you were ugly, you became a nun. If you were beautiful and stupid, or ugly and dishonorable, you became a whore. ↗

— Nenia Campbell

#feminism #sexuality #beauty

I drank some of that lake! I might have choked on a fish or a frog or a...a...a turtle!" "It is wisest to keep one's mouth shut while sifting." She skewered him with a frosty stare. "Now you tell me." Damn the fairy, anyway. There she stood, feeling ragtag and bedraggled, and he only looked more beautiful wet, all drippy and shimmery gold-velvet, his hair a wet tangle to his waist. "Come Gabrielle," he said, extending his hand, "we must keep moving. They can track me by what little magic I'm using to sift, but only to a general vicinity. We need to keep sifting, to spread out their search." "Is there anything else it's wisest to do that I should know about before we just pop off again?" She tucked her hands behind her back so he couldn't grab her and just sift rather than answering her. Besides, she needed a minute to brace herself for the next bout of traveling in a manner that defied all the known laws of physics. "You might try kissing me. Better my tongue than a frog, no?" Dark eyes sparking gold, he reached for her. "Close contest. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#gabby #karen-marie-moning #lake #the-immortal-highlander #beauty

The scene is very Sopranos meets Rent. ↗

— Rachel Cohn

#musical #rent #music

Knowledge is a Bed of Roses; for Every Beautiful Flower, there are a Dozen Thorns to Match ↗

— Joshua Caleb

#knowledge #wisdom #beauty

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! ↗

— Isaiah

#religious #beauty

That is her style of beauty. ↗

— George Orwell

#inspirational #beauty

The beauty of the day is the only thing that doesn't fade in time. Day after day, such beauty revives itself. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#revival #time #beauty