#beauty

Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come. ↗

— Frances Mayes

#inspiration #beauty

Sometimes, at the least opportune times, the past is an insomniac, alive and well. ↗

— Courtney Cole

#past #beauty

The sheer splendor of the sight made my chest tighten and tears sting my eyes. All the darkness lately made it easy to forget the world contained more than people trying to hurt other people. It had beauty, too, if you knew where to look--and remembered to open your eyes. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#beauty

All I think of ever is that I love you. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#gloria #love #sweet #think #you

In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#inspirational #beauty

I wondered about her chicken-and-egg relationship with Dad. Which came first? Her helplessness or his controlling? ↗

— Justina Chen

#abused-women #beauty

Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the eye of man beholding his reality. All is part of totality, and in this totality man finds his hozro, his way of walking in harmony, with beauty all around him. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#connectedness #harmony #hozro #life #nature

I wanted you before this, for who you are—so intelligent, brave— delicate and beautiful. But now, you have power and strength, too. Danger, thy name is Evie. You are something from a dream and I just want…” he trails off. ↗

— Amy A. Bartol

#beauty

I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#looks #woman #beauty

The fairy tale is not the conclusion, but the doorway to a more brilliant reality. Pushed onto a pedestal as the final answer their worth is misshapen and distorted. The world’s story may end with a couple living happily ever after but our life in Christ enables the intimacy of the human relationship to illuminate an eternal perfection. In a balanced perspective, neither denigrated nor exalted from their intended place, fairy tales are a lovely and exhilarating part of life. ↗

— Natalie Nyquist

#fairy-tales #beauty