#beau

Her face looked ugly in the attempt to avoid tears; it was an ugliness which bound him to her more than any beauty could have done. It isn't being happy together, he thought as though it were a fresh discovery, that makes one love--it's being unhappy together. ↗

— Graham Greene

#beauty

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness. ↗

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

#fear #growth #happiness #hate #honor

Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that is a treat. ↗

— Joanne Woodward

#beauty

I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#baby #beautiful #born #depression #die

Our eyes tell us what we want to believe, but our heart tells us only the simple truth ↗

— Karla M. Nashar

#beauty

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beauty #humor #making-love #plainness #women

Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened. ↗

— Thrity Umrigar

#beauty

The face staring back at me isn't beautiful but she isn't something that would scare the horses, either. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

I kept it to remind me that although there is evil, there is sometimes beauty and light. You, Jillian. You were always my light. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#love #beauty

You have very Grace Kelly-like tendencies about you. I hear Grace Kelly had a filthy mouth too," he added. "You love my filthy mouth." "True. But I like it better when its full," he said, meaningful smirk in place. "You know, if you would shut up once in a while you'd be damn near perfect." "But I'd be a silent panty ripper, which I think is a lot creepier than the angry-boss panty ripper. ↗

— Christina Lauren

#beauty