Time Quote by Linda Lafferty

“For every peaceful man, there was a man who wanted to hurt her, even kill her, because she was a gorgeous thing he could…

— Kristin Cashore

“...[Nature] ever bearing witness against man that he has deliberately chosen ugliness instead of beauty...”

— William Morris

“Violence, once committed, lingered behind and subtly worked on those sensitive to its ugliness.”

— Christine Feehan

“the ugliest things in human nature are perversions of good and innocent things.”

— C.S. Lewis

“(That girl on the news never invited that man to touch her. All I can think about is how I wish she had had…

— Elisabeth Hewer

“She looked like a somewhat frightened and helpless woman, and yet he knew she was a deadly assassin. The same as he was. She…

— Lynn Raye Harris

“I know that these examples are symptomatic of the cruelty culture that we live in today and that everyone is fair game, but think…

— Brené Brown

“If she could give the fiercest storm a corporeal human body, this is what it would look like. Beauty and violence, all rolled up…

— Norah Wilson

“Now, I’m very vulnerable to female beauty, as you know. Everybody’s defenseless against something, and that’s it for me. I see it and it…

— Philip Roth

“The fierceness of man rules the fates of women.”

— Elder Edda

“Kas was right: a woman could destroy a man. This one could do so, simply by knowing his name. She could do so, simply…

— V.S. Carnes

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

— Hélène Berr