#mage

]sing to us the one with violets in her lap ]mostly ]goes astray ↗

— Sappho

#imagery #poetry #beauty

Kane wondered if any man in her life had really noticed how beautiful she was. ↗

— Dannika Dark

#beautiful #closer #dannika-dark #love #mageri

Beauty discrimination has become necessary, not from the perception that women will not be good enough, but that they will be, as they have been, twice as good. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#body-image #self-esteem #self-image #society #beauty

John Longridge, the cook at Harley-street, had suffered from low spirits for more than thirty years, and he was quick to welcome Stephen as a newcomer to the freemasonry of melancholy. ↗

— Susanna Clarke

#humor #beauty

There were no stars, or if they were they shone like volcanic glass. ↗

— J.V. Jones

#beauty

Then the cow asked: "What is a mirror?" "It is a hole in the wall," said the cat. "You look in it, and there you see the picture, and it is so dainty and charming and ethereal and inspiring in its unimaginable beauty that your head turns round and round, and you almost swoon with ecstasy. ↗

— Mark Twain

#self-image #vanity #beauty

There is something beautiful about a sunny winter day, A break from harsh gray skies and harsh cold winds, A bright warm sun and clear blue skies instead. ↗

— Red Waterfall

#beauty

God sees nothing but beauty in you. ↗

— Kate Wicker

#body-image #god #love #beauty

Friend who has fired the kingfishers and flamed the dragonflies – they catch your light however they move and beam it out of their eyes. ↗

— Bryana Johnson

#christ #free-verse #gerard-manley-hopkins #poetry #the-image

The cream and hot butter mingled and overflowed separating each glucose bead of caviar from its fellows, capping it in white and gold. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#beauty