#evil

When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, there arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, there arises the recognition of evil. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#beauty

He paused at the bedroom door, shut his eyes, took a deep breath, and walked right out like it was any other morning, and he and Jack would be having breakfast as if they hadn't had sex the night before. "Morning," he said, casting a quick glance over his shoulder. "Mmm," D grunted. "You done in the bathroom?" D blinked. No, I jus' took a little breather in the middle a my mornin' beauty ritual ta come out here 'n' chat with ya. A course I'm done. ↗

— Jane Seville

#jane-seville #sarcasm #beauty

There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#evil #beauty

It's a poem, for crying out loud! The beauty of poetry is that it can mean different things to different people at different times. But you know they're expecting one specific, so-called correct answer, and any other thoughtful response will be counted off. It's wrong to dissect poetry like this! ↗

— Wendy Higgins

#wendy-higgins #beauty

People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain't so. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#good-and-evil #beauty

That's the world out there, little green apples and infectious disease. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#good-and-evil #humanity #infectious-diseases #summary #ugliness

yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say shame would not hold down your eyes but rather you would speak about what is just ↗

— Sappho

#good #goodness #shame #wisdom #beauty

He is incredibly handsome. You never realized before how beautiful evil could be. ↗

— Teresa Lo

#beauty #evil #handsome #lust #sex

O, lack and doubt and fear can only come Because of plenty, confidence, and love! They are the shadow-forms about their feet, Because they are not perfect crystal-clear To the all-searching sun in which they live. Dread of its loss is Beauty’s certain seal! ↗

— George MacDonald

#virtue #weakness #beauty

Don't you remember anything?! There is no 'devil.' There is no 'hell.' There is only Unrest. There is no down, only sideways; the transparent beside the opaque, and a thin wall to separate them. ↗

— Leanna Renee Hieber

#spiritualism #the-devil #beauty