#beauty

The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry, or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile … ↗

— Robert F. Kennedy

#joy #things-that-matter #beauty

I desired dragons with a profound desire. Of course, I in my timid body did not wish to have them in the neighborhood. But the world that contained even the imagination of Fáfnir was richer and more beautiful, at whatever the cost of peril. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#beauty

Part of this experience involves your being able to say to a person who is dying, "You are loved. You are beautiful. You are like a newborn babe, going into another realm. Release now anyone, and everything, that is a burden to you. Release everything and know that you have lived your life to the fullest. There is no judgment on you. Go in peace, put a smile on your face, and release any judgments you hold. Relax, and allow your life to have meaning as you embark on the next phase of your identity. ↗

— Barbara Marciniak

#dying #spiritual #beauty

BELLADONNA, n. In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#humor #languages #poison #beauty

Pink is a beautiful color, because it is one of the colors that the sun makes at twilight and in the dawns. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#pink #the-color-pink #the-sun #twilight #beauty

And each stroke of his tongue ripped off skin after successive skin, all the skins of a life in the world, and left behind a nascent patina of shining hairs. My earrings turned back to water and trickled down my shoulders; I shrugged the drops off my beautiful fur. ↗

— Angela Carter

#the-bloody-chamber #the-tigers-bride #transformation #beauty

She's beautiful,' he murmured. 'She's a metre across the hips, easily,' said Julia. 'That is her style of beauty,' said Winston. ↗

— George Orwell

#beauty #fat #inspirational #style #beauty

All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they move away from Him. ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#sanctification #beauty

Beautiful and diabolical. You make me impatient indeed to claim you. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#beauty

Remember that you don't owe anyone an apology. You are who you are, you have no choice, and that is beautiful. ↗