#ty

That— we seemed to have decided without saying a word— might go a long way toward spoiling something that was special, and beautiful, by virtue of its strangeness and delicacy. ↗

— Stephen King

#inexplicable #strange #beauty

If we could only see internal beauty, what would people look like? Who would the supermodels be? ↗

— Katie Kacvinsky

#beauty

There are more nasty things in pretty packages in the world than most people would believe. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#ugliness #beauty

I'm far from perfect- maybe beautifully flawed- but I don't lie ↗

— Jayde Scott

#flaw #lie #beauty

There's no time to be modest. Reason will not work here. Without warning, I kiss Kartik. His lips, pressed firmly against mine, are a surprise. They are warm, light as breath, firm as the give of a peach against my mouth. A scent like scorched cinnamon hangs in the air, but I'm not falling into any vision. It's his smell in me. A smell that makes my stomach drop through my feet. A smell that pushes all thought out of my head and replaces it with an overpowering hunger for more. ↗

— Libba Bray

#kissing #beauty

Beauty is often spoken of as though it only stirs lust or admiration, but the most beautiful people are so in a way that makes them look like destiny or fate or meaning, the heroes of a remarkable story. ↗

— Rebecca Solnit

#beauty

Her face was a grimace of surprised pain as she slid unconscious down the back of the tub and under the water. I held her under for several minutes after the blow, watching as the water went pink, then red, and finally crimson with blood. ↗

— Jared S. Anderson

#blood #horror #murder #beauty

Ethan Wate: What I can't figure is, you go to church everyday, how do you believe in all of this and still believe in God? Amma: God created all things didn't he? Only man will decide which ones is mistakes. - Beautiful Creatures ↗

— Kami Garcia

#beauty

I should say no to prove a point", He said, his eyebrows pulled together. "But I would hate myself later if I said no and you never asked me again" - Travis ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#sweet #travis #beauty

...who had once been a great beauty but was now a grand and magnificent ruin, and who delighted in her ruination. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#ruination #beauty