#fully

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

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#aging-gracefully #beauty #age

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. ↗

— Julia Child

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#beautifully #been #fingers #know #over