#beau

A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But a well-worn book also has its pleasures, the soft caress and give of the paper's edges, the comfort, like an old shawl, of an oft-read story. ↗

— Lewis Buzbee

#books #beauty

On the information sheet in a New York hotel, I recently read: "Dear guest! To guarantee that you will fully enjoy your stay with us, this hotel is totally smoke-free. For any infringement of this regulation, you will be charged $200:' The beauty of this formulation, taken literally, is that you are to be punished for refusing to fully enjoy your stay . . . The superego imperative to enjoy thus functions as the reversal of Kant's "Du kannst, denn du soUstf" (You can, because you must ! ) ; it relies on a "You must, because you can ! " That is to say, the superego aspect of today's "nonrepressive" hedonism (the constant provocation we are exposed to, enjoining us to go right to the end and explore all modes of jouissance) resides in the way permitted jouissance necessarily turns into obligatory jouissance. ↗

— Slavoj Žižek

#beauty

So truly with hardship comes, ease, truly with hardship comes ease. ↗

— Karla M. Nashar

#beauty

Finally the spring time is here. ↗

— Karla M. Nashar

#beauty

Saat tergugu dan ragu, Tuhan menghadiahi kamu. Kamu, yang membawaku ke dunia baru. Kamu, yang membuatku tahu, tak perlu apa-apa untuk memulai sesuatu. Karena aku telah di sini, denganmu. ↗

— Sefryana Khairil

#beauty

An unresolved issue will be like a cancer with the potential to spread into other areas of your relationship, eroding the joy, lightness, love and beauty. ↗

— Joyce Vissell

#divorce #love #relationship-issues #self-help #beauty

By the grace of the Lady, whose face mirrors my own, may I ever remember I am made in her image, blessed and beautiful. ↗

— Dianne Sylvan

#healing #spiritual #beauty

It was a time of beautiful brutal illusions. ↗

— Mick Karabegovic

#non-fiction #true-life-story #beauty

Something is going to happen, Laura thought. She was going to be kissed. On one side of a kiss was childhood, sunshine,innocence, toys and, on the other, people embracing, darkness, passion and the admittance of a person who, no matter how loved, must always have a quality of otherness, not only to her confidence, but somehow inside her sealing skin. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#kiss #kissing #kissing-quotes #beauty

It takes faith to find personal significance in your relationship with God rather than how much money you earn, how beautiful you look, how many toys you own, how many trophies you collect, or how much territory you conquer and control. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#faith #god #beauty