#ect

...you don't have to be perfect to be pretty ↗

— Carson Kressley

#fashion #perfection #beauty

The mind becomes much more beautiful, when man could see his own weaknesses. ↗

— Toba Beta

#introspection #made #beauty

Life doesn't come with a remote control. If you don't like what's playing, get up and change the channel. By unknown. ↗

— Lorelie Rozzano

#change

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth. ↗

— Xun Zi

#big #big picture #clouded #everyone #fear

The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#attention #beauty #color #compassion #detail

It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present. ↗

— Lisa Unger

#recollection #beauty

You can recognize survivors of abuse by their courage. When silence is so very inviting, they step forward and share their truth so others know they aren't alone. ↗

— Jeanne McElvaney

#abuse-survivors #childhood-abuse #childhood-sexual-abuse #effects-of-child-abuse #harrietta-s-happenstance

But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than tourists—seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt. Beauty is the shadow of imperfection. ↗

— Simon Van Booy

#imperfection #life #beauty

Poets are damned… but see with the eyes of angels. ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#beauty #eyes #hope #perspective #poetry

I’ve always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#beautiful-inside-out #effect #inside #out #beauty