Beauty Quote by Jacqueline Carey

“Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.”

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“A pretty sight; it would have surprised me, if my capacity for surprise wasn't flattened.”

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“Never before had I used my service to escape any woes that troubled me, but I did that day.”

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“Young men," Melisande murmured after they had left, smiling faintly. "Such a sense of honor. Is he a little bit in love with you,…

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For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a…

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“for the keeping of secrets from adults is oft the only power a child may hope to possess.”

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Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.

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“If I have one pride in my calling, it is that I have never judged a patron wrongly - and I have never failed…

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A little truth seasons a lie like salt.

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I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine.

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Garner knowledge, by any means possible

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Pain obliterates everything else. In pain, there is only the eternal present.

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I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow,…

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How could anybody confuse truth with beauty, I thought as I looked at him. Truth came with sunken eyes, bony or scarred, decayed. Its…

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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever;It's loveliness increase;it will never pass into nothingness;but still will keep a bower quiet for us,and…

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To fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral of our divinity, and still be…

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The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and…

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“We've all met people who are beautiful on the outside, however, when they open their mouths to speak, they have nothing of substance to…

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There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles.

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To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When…

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“do not misunderstand person by beauty You really do not know its real or Mask on dirty thoughts”

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“I already love in you your beauty, but I am only beginning to love in you that which is eternal and ever precious –…

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The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The more musical…

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Call her beautiful a million times and she won't believe you. Call her ugly once, and she will never forget it.

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