#beauty

The chef turned back to the housekeeper. “Why is there doubt about the relations between Monsieur and Madame Rutledge?” The sheets,” she said succinctly. Jake nearly choked on his pastry. “You have the housemaids spying on them?” he asked around a mouthful of custard and cream. Not at all,” the housekeeper said defensively. “It’s only that we have vigilant maids who tell me everything. And even if they didn’t, one hardly needs great powers of observation to see that they do not behave like a married couple.” The chef looked deeply concerned. “You think there’s a problem with his carrot?” Watercress, carrot—is everything food to you?” Jake demanded. The chef shrugged. “Oui.” Well,” Jake said testily, “there is a string of Rutledge’s past mistresses who would undoubtedly testify there is nothing wrong with his carrot.” Alors, he is a virile man . . . she is a beautiful woman . . . why are they not making salad together? ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#marriage #vegetables #beauty

We must remember that possession of physical beauty can easily weaken the moral faculty. ↗

— Frank Tallis

#morality #vanity #weakness #beauty

...but I knew that it wasn't fair to either of us to hold on just when he had let go. - Abby Abernathy ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#love #beauty

Memories which someday will become all beautiful when the last annoyance that encumbers them shall have faded out of our minds. ↗

— Mark Twain

#memory #beauty

If everyone in the world did all he was capable of on his own plot of land, what a beautiful world it would be! ↗

— Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

#social #beauty

The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love, What a beautiful Pussy you are, You are, You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are! ↗

— Edward Lear

#beauty

Learn to appreciate the things you have in the life you're living. It is your present. ↗

— Adem Spahic

#awesome #life #life-is-beautiful #living #present

Who knows why that man planted those fields? Perhaps he knew we’d need the flowers for a cure. Maybe he just thought they were beautiful, like my mother did. But we do find answers in beauty, more often than not. ↗

— Ally Condie

#beauty #beauty

Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasure of existence. ↗

— John Green

#inspirational #beauty

But I want her, I must have her, I shall die if I do not get her - false, proud, black-hearted daughter of a dog that she is! I cannot sleep and my food has no savor and my eyes are darkened because of her beauty. I must have the barbarian queen. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#pain #beauty