Books Quote by Julie Klassen

“Poor Aubrey: I hope he will get all right. He brought a strangely new personality to English art, and was a master in his…

— Oscar Wilde

“The radiance of this beautiful scene shed a cruel light on every past horror, every insult tolerated, every unspoken retort, every gesture of rejection.…

— Nina George

“Aubrey didn't know what to think of this. People came here for books. Or, in Ben's case, to drive her crazy.”

— Jill Shalvis

“There is beauty in the midst of tragedy. As if beauty were condensing in the heart of ugliness. It's very strange.”

— Hélène Berr

“Come near, that no more blinded by man's fate, I find under the boughs of love and hate, In all poor foolish things that…

— William Butler Yeats

“They are all about romance, about life's excitement and adventure and it's essential sadness and transience. They savour everything both fine and bittersweet that…

— William Boyd

“As a human cohort we are beautiful, yet flawed We do things that we regret and some that we applaud While we're moving on…

— Joan Marques

“Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has…

— Anonymous

“Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”

— Annie Dillard

“Yes, I know this narrative is crowded with beautiful women - Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Maycott, Mrs. Lavien, Mrs. Bingham. We might form a cricket…

— David Liss

“Mrs Poste, who had wished people to live beautiful lives and yet be ladies and gentlemen.”

— Stella Gibbons

“But for now, Little Miranda, know this: we all have our worries about our bodies and our looks. We just need to make the…

— Miranda Hart