#beauty

When love dies, the heart's ashes do not leave on the wind—they rest on the mantelpiece of the soul, darkening the sunrise we once saw to be beautiful. ↗

— A.M. Hudson

#grief #inspiration #loss #love #the-heart-s-ashes

[G]rowing into your future with health and grace and beauty doesn’t have to take all your time. It rather requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as equally so, which it is. (267-268) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#aging-well #beauty #care #dedication #grace

The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#beauty

...gracious your form and your eyes as honey : desire is poured upon your lovely face Aphrodite has honored you exceedingly... ↗

— Sappho

#compliments #beauty

Flying or falling, it's up to us. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#ethan-wate #inspirational #beauty

I once laughed at the vanity of women of thirty or forty who whitened their ruddy old skin with lead, but now I know such salves are not disguises for old crones who wish to catch a young husband. Instead they are only a mask we wear so that we can, for a little while, still recognize ourselves. ↗

— Rebecca Johns

#aging-gracefully #beauty #age

When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blonde hair. By the roots. In clumps. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#jealousy #sookie-stackhouse #beauty

The makers, the beautiful, the ones cast out because their light was too brilliant for the world beyond. The ones who wish true and deep with their whole hearts for more than they have. They come here, and we love them. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#sarah-zettel #beauty

The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples... ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#colors #first-love #love #sunset #beauty

Products produced cheaply create ugly work lives and ugly households and ugly communities. Profits produced quickly cannot purchase patience and care. Patience is beautiful. Restraint and care are beautiful. Peace is beautiful. A small, diversified organic farm is beautiful. ↗

— Woody Tasch

#economy #patience #beauty