#beauty

Joshua?" I called out, a slight hitch in my voice. "Yeah?" "What do I look like to you?" He tilted his head to the side, frowning. "What do I look like to you?" I repeated urgently, afraid that if I didn't talk fast enough, I would have time to realize how absolutely, mind-bogglingly stupid I sounded. Joshua smiled. He answered me, so quietly I almost couldn't hear him. "Beautiful. Too beautiful for people not to have noticed you the other night. ↗

— Tara Hudson

#beauty

She perched on her windowsill, gazing at the lurid sun soaking into the Caldera, trying to appreciate it even though she couldn’t have it. Why did she always feel she had to do something in the face of beauty? ↗

— Ann Brashares

#sunshine #beauty

I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it. ↗

— Anne Rice

#anne-rice #lestat-de-lioncourt #queen-of-the-damned #beauty

She reminded me of the sea; the way she came dancing towards you, wild and beautiful, and just when she was almost close enough to touch she'd rush away again. ↗

— Glenda Millard

#close-enough #dancing #rush-away #sea #touch

Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul. ↗

— Ruth Frances Long

#fantasy #kisses #beauty

I saw her standing across the room, and I thought, “Wow! Who is that sexy woman she’s standing next to?”  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#amazed #amazement #beautiful #beauty #gaze

When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#beauty

Once we have accepted the story we cannot escape the story's fate. ↗