Though there were moments of beauty, Mariam knew for the most part that life had been unkind to her.
— Khaled Hosseini
She stared that color, trying to imagine a father who could name his child for such beauty and then abandon her.
— Eowyn Ivey
Well, for one thing," she said, "her knowledge of punctuation begins and ends with her own beauty mark.
— Melissa Bank
Beauty, brains and a brazen attitude, she was everything he'd never realized he was looking for until he'd found her.
— Avery Flynn
I know a man who, when he saw a woman of striking beauty, praised the Creator for her. The sight of her lit within him the love of God.
— John Climacus
For beauty was her accident, and while admirable, was not a determining factor.
— Algernon Blackwood
It is in rare and scattered instants that beauty smiles even on her adorers, who are reduced for habitual comfort to remembering her past favours.
— George Santayana
Her eyes in the half-light suggested night and violets, and for a moment he stirred again to that half-forgotten remoteness of the afternoon.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
I wish for once that she could see
the her that I can see;
beauty that both
steals my breath
and gives it back to me. — Kirk Diedrich
You have a face that suits a womanFor her soul's screen
The sort of beauty that's called human
In hell, Faustine. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
I always loved Belle from 'Beauty and the Beast'. I always thought I looked like her, so I dressed like her for every Halloween.
— Sofia Carson
Her beauty was sold for an old man's gold. She's a bird in a gilded cage. — Arthur J. Lamb
The mantra of the makeover junkie, sucking it in, letting it out; unwilling to settle for genetic fate; waiting instead for her transformation ... — Zadie Smith
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. — Audrey Hepburn
Her beauty had always made it easy for her to break rules without reprisal. — Kristin Hannah
Why do You thus devise
Evil against her?' 'For that
She is beautiful, delicate;
Therefore. — Adelaide Crapsey
Miu let age naturally rise to the surface, accepted it for what it was, and made her peace with it. — Haruki Murakami
Marrying a woman for her beauty makes no more sense than eating a bird for its singing. But it's a common mistake nonetheless. — Charles Frazier
She was like some rare flower grown for exhibition, a flower from which every bud had been nipped except the crowning blossom of her beauty. — Edith Wharton
A flower blooms to reveal her beauty just to express her gratitude for all the life, love, and light. — Debasish Mridha
She's beauty for my ashes. And I'm hope for her heartache. — M. Leighton
When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her. — Adriana Trigiani
A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself. — Charles Caleb Colton
Wisdom requires no form; her beauty must vary, as varies the beauty of flame. She is no motionless goddess, for ever couched on her throne. — Maurice Maeterlinck
Many men wanted to be with her for her beauty and her rank. But she wanted an equal. — Jennifer L. Armentrout
It's a misconception that Beauty is in the Eyes of beholder. In my view, Beauty must be in the Heart of beholder for her true appreciation. — Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
The nonconformist here may be "beat down" by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind. — William S. Burroughs
What is it to grow old? Is it to lose the glory of the form, The lustre of the eye? Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath? Yes; but not this alone. — Matthew Arnold
I had trouble even looking at her face without getting lost in the beauty, lost in the feelings, the love I had for her. — Karina Halle
I really admire a woman for her intelligence, her personality. Beauty is not enough. — Roberto Cavalli
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile. — Thomas Campbell
Her beauty has captured me, imprisoned my capacity for language. All I can do is pay homage to the temple of her body. — Jasinda Wilder
Don't love just for beauty, love to make her beautiful. — Debasish Mridha
And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,She needs not June for beauty's heightening ... — Matthew Arnold
In this case, a mother, noted for her beauty, might be reduced to a purple shadow ... (Tansley to Lily on her painting of the house & grounds) — Virginia Woolf
It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty. — Plutarch
I'm frozen into place either by her beauty or for fear of being mauled. — S.F. Brailovsky
I create for each individual woman to reflect her definite sense of personal style and unique beauty — Jae Hee
Her eyes were too full of beauty to leave room for anything so mundane as intelligence. — Diane Setterfield
The man who marries a woman for her beauty will be deceived; he who marries a woman for good sense can truly say he is married. - Sultana — Jean Sasson
Her beauty, her pink cheeks, and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her and to purchase indemnity for every fault — Charlotte Bronte
(for the setting of her beauty was always that - hasty, but apt) ... — Virginia Woolf
The dress that hung close to her head, waiting for the first rays of the sun to light it into beauty, symbolized the wonder of the past few days. — Elizabeth George Speare
She lived in happy solitude, and grew old, and never worried when her beauty faded, for in her reflection she always saw a free woman. — Leigh Bardugo
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. — Honore De Balzac
Magnificent beauty of nature inviting you to long for her, to love her, and then purify your heart and mind with the illuminating beauty of nature. — Debasish Mridha
