Beauty Quote by John Varley

“I had met plain women, even ugly women, whose physical shortcomings had been remedied by the spirit within, their decency and kindness even effecting…

— John Connolly

“She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.”

— Jean Hanff Korelitz

“But what was tragic about the girl was that she had not been born ugly. She might even have been a pretty child, and…

— Victor Hugo

“The manner of the woman was ungracious; but her words were true. They saw that their presence could do nothing towards the alleviation of…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“No longer did she look like a shy little maid who was trained to censor her thought before it reached her mouth. These past…

— Kien Nguyen

“If ultimately there was a tantalizing rectitude about her, she was none the less cunning: her exceeding gentleness, howbeit mitigated sometimes by the disturbing…

— Georges Bataille

“She was quietly lovely, unassumingly pretty, completely unaware that at some point between awkwardness and adulthood she had grown so appealing. And because she…

— Amy Harmon

“She was living in bad sociery; and, imaginary though it was, its influence affected her, for she was feeding heart and fancy on dangerous…

— Louisa May Alcott

“She was never thought of as a pretty girl. People might say she looked interesting, mysterious, older than her years and therefore intriguing, but…

— Alice Walker

“Beauty found a way to grow in the ugliest of places.”

— Christie Watson

“Beauty like her is not born. It is suffered for, earned and shaped, until the day that it finally becomes. For there is nothing…

— Becca Lee

“She was young and old, fat and thin, dark skinned and fair. In an instant, she was every woman in the world, and all…

— Josephine Angelini