Imperfections Jolenta Quote by Gene Wolfe

“Dorcas belonged, as I now realize, to that vast group of women (which may, indeed, include all women) who betray us—and to that special…

— Gene Wolfe

“She had a face which was not so much freckled as one big freckle with occasional areas of skin.”

— Neil Gaiman

“He was so pale the freckles stood out on his face the way they did when he was upset or hadn't slept. She thought…

— Alice Hoffman

“...that she is beautiful, an impossible kind of beauty, composed of all the wrong elements: white hair, the flawless but deeply lined skin, the…

— Sue Miller

“She herself had short red hair and a face which was not so much freckled as one big freckle with occasional areas of white”

— Anonymous

“She had perfect skin, so free of blotches or wrinkles, her face so perfect and character-free she could have just popped out of the…

— Gillian Flynn

“Everyone, he thought, must have adored her; all men assuredly must have coveted her. She seemed but the more beautiful to him for this;…

— Gustave Flaubert

“As for Thea, sometimes she looked more barbarous than they did in spite of the civilized lipstick and conventional shape of the jodhpurs she…

— Saul Bellow

“Her skin was not a surface; it was an indefinite glory of the palest rose and orange that chose to mould itself to those…

— Geoffrey Household

“Sylvi wished she could gouge out the look in Dorogin's stony eyes, and change the course of history. She wished Fthoom had been eaten…

— Robin McKinley

“They stared each other down again. And Lorcan knew that if he wanted, he could wait until she was asleep, take it for himself,…

— Sarah J. Maas

“She stood in one smooth motion, surprisingly pale where the sun not touch her, slender and hard-muscled, yet with roundnesses and softnesses that haunted…

— Robert Jordan