#be

He was depressed. He was addicted to heroin. And I think there comes a time when all the beauty in the world just isn’t enough. ↗

— Antony John

#heroin #kallie #kurt-cobain #music #nirvana

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#evil #good #inspirational #lao-tzu #tao-te-ching

But the young educated adults of the 90s -- who were, of course, the children of the same impassioned infidelities and divorces Mr. Updike wrote about so beautifully -- got to watch all this brave new individualism and self-expression and sexual freedom deteriorate into the joyless and anomic self-indulgence of the Me Generation. Today's sub-40s have different horrors, prominent among which are anomie and solipsism and a peculiarly American loneliness: the prospect of dying without once having loved something more than yourself. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#norman-mailer #philip-roth #solipsism #beauty

I believe in energies. Good energy has served me well. Being fair with others, compassionate towards them, remaining humble, and making a difference to someone are just a few of the things that I have seen create good energy. Beautiful things. Human things. I do my best to surround myself with these types of things, to generate an atmosphere thick with such energy. It has kept me safe in many situations. I have taken risks in the past, and managed to avoid harm by the protection of the good energy I have created around me. I believe that ugliness creates more ugliness. And no matter how touched by ugliness you are, you do not have to give in to it and start spreading it beyond yourself. I have seen this sickness and what it does to a person, and those around them. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#energy #experience #good #harmony #humanity

Sometimes I see things, I think. Out of the corner of my eye, taunting me, and then it’s gone. And dreams. Such horrible dreams. What if something terrible happened to me? What if I am damaged?" The rain is a cool kiss on my sleeve as I link my arm with hers. "We’re all damaged somehow. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

I was in love with her; couldn’t imagine my life without her in it; but at the same time, I wanted her to have better. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#travis-maddox #beauty

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#beauty #chic #designer #fabulous #fashion

She said it was beautiful to be loved, and that it made everything on earth look brighter. ↗

— Fanny Fern

#romance #beauty

In so many senseless deaths, beauty is to blame. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#death #divorce #infidelity #marriage #seperation

Are you a prude?' He seemed genuinely curious. 'No!' But after a second, I said, 'But may be compared to you, yes! I like my privacy. I get to decide who sees me naked. Do you get my point?' 'Yes. Objectively speaking, you have beautiful points.' I thought the top of my head would pop off... (Sookie Stackhouse & Claude, Dead in the Family) ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#paranormal #sookie-stackhouse #vampires #beauty