#no

Kessa ran her fingers over her stomach. Flat. But was it flat enough? Not quite. She still had some way to go. Just to be safe, she told herself. Still, it was nice the way her pelvic bones rose like sharp hills on either side of her stomach. I love bones. Bones are beautiful. ↗

— Steven Levenkron

#beautiful #bones #eating-disorder #mental-illness #skinny

Throughout human history beauty has been seen as a gift from God, but Mom had another notion; she thought that beauty could be earned through self-knowledge. It may be a revolutionary idea, but it has offered me great comfort. ↗

— Ruth Reichl

#self-knowledge #beauty

With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#exemptions #forgiveness #generosity #genius #leniency

There is nothing for you in this bleak hospital room but a cold and empty nothingness that has no answers, can give no peace, will provide no comfort to the living. ↗

— Rebecca James

#death #depression #empty #nothingness #sad

...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow... ↗

— John Geddes

#gentleness #love #snow #softness #beauty

What does the novel do? It tells beautiful, shapely lies which enclose hard, exact truths. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#beauty

No man of honor avoided what needed to be done, simply because it might not proceed in his favor. ↗

— Claire Delacroix

#favor #honor #beauty

Maybe we won't have the beauty of a perfect summer. But neither do we have to endure the callousness of an uncaring winter. Instead, we can all look for our own spring- we can discover where God wants to use us. Do you hear the whisper of spring? ↗

— Jody Hedlund

#beauty

A man who was aware that there could be no honor and yet had honor, who knew the sophistry of courage and yet was brave. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#honor #people #personality #beauty

It's very easy when you have someone in front of you that you can chase. You want to be No. 1 but now I feel like I have to play well because everybody looks at you as a best golfer. So that's why I put more pressure on myself. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#best #chase #easy #everybody #feel