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Experience is not worth the getting. It's not a thing that happens pleasantly to a passive you--it's a wall that an active you runs up against. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#passive #beauty

The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back. ↗

— Amber Senti

#horses #beauty

I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#books #markus-zusak #reading #beauty

I've forgotten most of what I've read and, frankly, it never seemed very important to me or to the world. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#beauty

Why me, Trav?” I had a thing for you since the night of that first fight.” What?” “It’s true. You in that cardigan with blood all over you? You looked absolutely ridiculous, “Thanks.” “It was when you looked up at me. That was the moment. You had this wide-eyeyed, innocent look…no pretenses. You didn’t look at me like I was Travis Maddox,” “you looked at me like I was…I don’t know, a person I guess.” “News flash, Trav. You are a person.” No, before you came, Shepley was the only one that treated me like anyone else. You didn’t get all awkward, or flirt, or run your fingers through your hair. You saw me.” “I was a complete bitch to you, Travis.” He kissed my neck. “That’s what sealed the deal.” “I hope this gets old soon. I don’t see myself ever getting tired of you.” “Promise?” he asked ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#by-jamie-mcguire #beauty

Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty. ↗

— Holly Black

#crippled #flaws #beauty

The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#attention #beauty #color #compassion #detail

Who can judge the judge? ↗

— Kami Garcia

#lena-duchannnes #beauty

Beauty doesn't have to be about anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto about? ↗

— Douglas Adams

#beauty-in-literature #beauty-in-nature #wodehouse #beauty

Peeta" I said "Stay with me" I heard him say one word before the drigs pulled me under, I realised later that what he said was 'always ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#katniss-everdeen #beauty