Standing on the edge Quote by Kathleen Tessaro

“I was hardly worthy of these surroundings. And then I became aware of all the magnificent silk wrapped about my body, and had the…

— Arthur Golden

“And then something blossomed deep within and opened almost like the multitude petals of a rose, pushing back the tension in rippling waves as…

— Mary Balogh

“(it was) beautiful, like so many senseless things.”

— Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

“that even within its ugliness, there lay a surprising beauty, breathtaking because it was so unexpected.”

— Justina Chen

“He felt like climbing a mountain, not for any heroic reason but for something stupid, like picking her a flower; he felt subservient to…

— McKelle George

“People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone.”

— Nenia Campbell

“It was as if some magnetic repulsion, which before had kept our two carriages from meeting and passing, had now been reversed, and so…

— Iain Banks

“So much beauty here. Made perfect sense when teamed with all the danger. In my world the most beautiful things were often the deadliest.”

— Jaymin Eve

“One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“My hunger for this man left me reeling. His scent enveloped me, musk and leather and beneath it all the lingering hint of blood.…

— Briar Boleyn

“Silent as a flower, her face fell in dismay, aware that the ghost of lust ate and left, sensing that there was a different…

— Anthony Liccione

“It was a landscape of describable beauty.”

— Terry Pratchett