#be

Actually, I really wanted to play against Venus because I have so much respect for both Serena and Venus. ↗

— Elena Vesnina

#against #because #both #her #i

The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#better #criticism #fleas #jump #like

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#because #feel #i #i am #i feel

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#been #catch #completely #constitution #had

Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#beauty

I hate that which we have decided to call realism, even though I have been made one of its high priests. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#call #decided #even #hate #high

One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#arts #believe #everything #feeling #form

Secrets are generally terrible. Beauty is not hidden--only ugliness and deformity. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#deformity #secrets #ugliness #beauty

Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills. ↗

— Libba Bray

#boarding-schools #gemma-doyle #humor #libba-bray #beauty

Oh, I'm developing a beautiful character! It droops a bit under cold and frost, but it does grow fast when the sun shines. That's the way with everybody. I don't agree with the theory that adversity and sorrow and disappointment develop moral strength. The happy people are the ones who are bubbling over with kindliness. ↗

— Jean Webster

#beauty