#iona

She could afford anything, she could give anything, but she could not share a moment of her life with anybody. She was a beautiful and a glamorous diamond with an astronomical price tag, but to a crude reality — she was still a stone, a living stone. Nothing else but a stone in an aesthetic sense. ↗

— Ravindra Shukla

#friends #glamour #inspirational #love #money

How I wish you could have known me in my strength. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #fortitude #grace #inspirational

beauty remains, even in misfortune ↗

— Anne Frank

#beauty

We might have the most beautiful words and thoughts - but it's actions that count. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

He was just beautiful. She'd never known a man could be beautiful, but he definitely was. ↗

— Emily Jane Trent

#erotic-romance #erotica #love-story #romance-sexy #romances

[After discussing the importance of the Tuesday workload...] "...'Anyway, I spend a lot of time praying. And my knees are calloused.' ... 'I've spent a lot of time doing the same, ' I said as the light changed. 'That's the only thing that gets me through--on Tuesday's and every other day of the week. ↗

— Janice Thompson

#change

how many people never see how beautiful the sky is at night because they simply don’t take the time to look up? ↗

— Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

#inspirational-quotes #positive-thinking #beauty

It's the soul's eye which stares at your beauty and knows you well. And from it's vantage point you're as visible as a sunny day ↗

— Leandra J. Kalsy

#inspirational #inspirational-quotes #beauty

You can build something beautiful from stones that are put in your way. ↗

— Erich Kästner

#beauty

Beauty lies in one’s heart and sex lies in one mind. It all depends on where your belief lies. ↗