#beau

When they told him this, Ransom at last understood why mythology was what it was -- gleams of celestial strength and beauty falling on a jungle of filth and imbecility. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#beauty

They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said. ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#bride #compliment #beauty

Agent Jones held Sinjin’s face in his hands. “I’m going to make balloon animals. People need balloon animals.” “How right you are, strange delusional man,” Sinjin said. ↗

— Libba Bray

#humour #libba-bray #beauty

A man's weakness is a woman's beauty...a woman's weakness is falling in love. ↗

— Jemina Akhtar

#beauty

She was wearing a beautiful dress with straps designed to be eaten off her shoulders. ↗

— Elise Valmorbida

#lust #spagetti-straps #beauty

The more she loved, the more she ached. ↗

— Elizabeth Fama

#beauty

The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears. ↗

— Alfred de Musset

#despairing #i #immortal #know #most

Remember that self-doubt is as self-centered as self-inflation. Your obligation is to reach as deeply as you can and offer your unique and authentic gifts as bravely and beautifully as you're able. ↗

— Bill Plotkin

#healing #spirituality #beauty

In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, disseminated widely, will sooner or later lead to goodness. (While we're making at effort at truth and goodness, beauty reminds us what we're hold out for.) ↗

— Susan Neiman

#enlightenment #philosophy #beauty

Somehow the bright beauty had gone from April afternoon and from her heart as well and the sad sweetness of remembering was as bitter as gall. ↗

— Margaret Mitchell

#beauty