#beau

But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#death #gifts #gods #immortality #youth

They swoon over Tom, who preens for them, bowing, which sets them to blushing and giggling. God help us all. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

I have a huge Lego collection - I have a really big Lego collection. We're talking pretty darn large. I also have a huge collection of original stainless steel Thomas the Tank Engine train toys. Beautiful little trains; they're my favorite thing in the world. ↗

— Callan McAuliffe

#beautiful #big #collection #darn #engine

When we see someone or something as imperfect, it is a reflection of our limitations, not theirs. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #imperfect #life #limitations #perception

It is only in our beautiful France that wholesale slaughter is done lawfully, in the name of liberty and of brotherly love ↗

— Emmuska Orczy

#beauty

But the princess had never seen the beautiful expression of her eyes; the expression that came into them when she was not thinking of herself. As is the case with everyone, her face assumed an affected, unnatural, ugly expression as soon as she looked in the looking glass. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#beauty

Wouldn't it be great if we just ended up tied? I think it would be beautiful. ↗

— Mark McGwire

#ended #great #i #i think #just

In prison, inmates sometimes use Cheetos and grape juice as makeup. I wouldn't use that beauty regimen around Britney Spears - she might lick your face off! ↗

— Joel McHale

#beauty #britney #britney spears #face #grape

You are only as beautiful as your last action ... ↗

— Stephen Richards

#beautiful #beauty-in-nature #cosmic-ordering #mind-power #self-help

The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the genius of me, the beauty of my words in his hands. ↗

— Beth Kephart

#talent #unrequited-love #words #beauty