#ty

If I were pressed, I would admit that she was beautiful, in a dead bride sort of way. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#dead-bride #humor #hybrid-vampires #macabre #vampires

They were alike, and yet they were totally opposite in the way they viewed the world. He viewed it as it was. It was a dark place, always holding itself into the shadows. She saw the beauty that no one else could ever have seen in the darkness. It was to be said that she both saved and destroyed him. She was the essence of him and yet she, beautiful sad eyed angel that she was, was also his destruction all at the same time. He could be a downright wretch of a man, yet she took it into herself, and never said a word, but to love him. It was the love that broke him. ↗

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

#love #beauty

If a tiny flower can struggle and raise itself out of hard rocks to offer its beauty to the world, so can you." From The Cartesian Machine ↗

— Nick Tran

#beauty

The real beauty created by man never competes with the beauty of nature; but it only perfectly completes it! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#beauty

You want to break the curse, I want to break the curse. We don't need to be nice. We need to be effective. Just help me figure it out, and I'll make you a rich woman. ↗

— Kate Avery Ellison

#funny-humor #will #beauty

The human being is not a fallen being in need of redemption but rather a forgetful being who must be reminded of God and his own nature. ↗

— Joseph E. B. Lumbard

#beauty

Thank you, miss …?” “Annabelle.” She dropped a napkin onto his lap and smiled. “And might I say you are a handsome gent. Beautiful green eyes! I can see why Miss Ayden fancies your company!” Kane frowned. “Miss Ayden? Is this the same creepy woman with the gray eyes and weapons arsenal dangling from her hips?” “Why yes, sir. Although, she’s not so scary, once you get to know her.” Anna backed away and clasped her fingers together. “Bit of a sweet spot she has.” She winked. “Yeah. I noticed. ↗

— Keri Lake

#lycans #paranormal-romance #urban-fantasy #werewolves #beauty

Beauty is so rare a th— Sing a new song Real Music A busted flush. A pain in the eyebrows. A Visiting card — from 15 False Propositions Against God [1958] ↗

— Jack Spicer

#images #leap #poetry #beauty

I think the time that I knew that I was capable of all the things that I disliked the most in other people was, oddly enough, one of the most joyful moments: when our first child was born. And I just felt this love for this beautiful little girl who was so fragile and so vulnerable. Some point around that week, I started to understand why wars were fought. I started to understand why people were capable of cruelty in order to protect themselves and their own. And I was very humbled to realise that. ↗

— Michka Assayas

#fury #love #protection #beauty

I'm Sorry,' he says. It's simple and direct, with none of the nonsense about God calling home an angel too young and who are we to question his mysterious ways. ↗

— Libba Bray

#religion #beauty