Animal Quote by Anne Carson

“the pursuit of pure beauty is a trap, a fast track to bitterness and sorrow, that beauty has to be wedded to something more…

— Donna Tartt

“She opens her eyes as the fury continues, pinning me with her glare. Her gaze reached into my soul as I spin the music…

— Christine Fonseca

“It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their…

— Oscar Wilde

“Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter,…

— Johnny Quid

“Beauty ensnares hearts, captures minds, and stirs up emotional wildfires.”

— Nancy Etcoff

For this was the round of love: fear which leads on desire, tenderness and fury, and that brutal anguish which triumphantly follows pleasure.

— Francoise Sagan

“As soon as I had seen her, I was lost. For Beauty's wound is sharper than any weapon's, and it runs through the eyes…

— Achilles Tatius

“I have known the love and vengeance of wounded women, and the difficult book and the music that took the place of tenderness. I…

— Ricardo M. de Ungria

“She was a maiden of rarest beauty, and not more lovely than full of glee. And evil was the hour when she saw, and…

— Edgar Allan Poe

“Can we behold, unheeding, Life’s holiest feelings crush’d;— While Woman’s heart is bleeding, Shall Woman’s voice be hush’d? ”

— Elizabeth Margaret Chandler

“Beauty was a bait, love was the trap, I was the pray.. fallen for the most beautiful predator..”

— ank

Ode to Passion . She floats over, Dark, Mysteries, Dangerous, Exquisite possibility, Absolute Ruin. Giggling, She moves closer, Eyes of Flame, Hands outstretched, Trembling.…

— Eric Nickel