#beau

You know, through pain, you learn a lot about yourself--things you thought you never knew you wanted to learn. And it's kind of like those animals that regrow a part of their body--like a starfish. You might not feel it. You might not even want to grow, but you will. You'll grow that part that broke off, and that growing, that blooming--cannot happen without the pain. ↗

— Kelle Hampton

#growth-process #life-changes #painful-memories #beauty

Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#goodness #truth #beauty

Crying all the time had made her more beautiful. Grief will do that sometimes. Not for me. Loretta had left months ago and I still looked like hell. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#beauty

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#death-to-life #destruction #redemption #sanctification #transformation

She had surrendered her virtue at six-and-ten, to a beautiful blond-haired sailor on a trading galley up from Lys. He only knew six words of the Common Tongue, but “fuck” was one of them—the very word she’d hoped to hear. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#humour #beauty

You may only get this one life – but lived free of submissive reverence – that is still a thing of rampant beauty. ↗

— Trevor Treharne

#atheist #god #logic #reason #religion

...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms... ↗

— John Geddes

#rain #storms #transformation #beauty

Us. We. Two of the most beautiful words in the English language. . . ↗

— Marianne Evans

#beauty

He found that the business of optimism was no mean task. ↗