Long ago Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“and if she wasn’t precisely pretty, she had a force of character that is often more attractive than simple beauty.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“Her face had always held too much personality to be merely beautiful.”

— Ian McDonald

“But what we have here is not a nice girl, as generally understood. For one thing, she’s not beautiful. There’s a certain set to…

— terry pratchett

“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

“It never occurs to one to think whether she is pretty or ugly. One just surrenders to her charm.”

— François Mauriac

“Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“when she was a young woman she valued intelligence over all other human attributes. Now that she was older she valued kindness.”

— Nevada Barr

“And not one person would notice the grey parts of her until it was too late, because everyone falls for a pretty face.”

— R. YS Perez

“The beauty of the human soul Is not the pretty face. It’s found within the heart and hands Of those who look — and…

— Laura Greenwald

“never appeared ugly to me, for his face, beaming with boundless kindness and benevolence towards mankind, had the stamp of intellectual beauty.”

— George Saunders

“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

“Her face may have been the most beautiful female face I have ever seen. Yet, it was a beauty that was intimidating and overwhelming.…

— Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney