Justina Chen (1968) American writer
Source: North of Beautiful
Source: North of Beautiful
Justina Chen (1968) American writer
Source: North of Beautiful
“It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.”
O. Henry (1862–1910) American short story writer
"The Octopus Marooned"
The Gentle Grafter (1908)
“Every child needs a tragedy to become truly interesting.”
Holly Black book The Darkest Part of the Forest
Source: The Darkest Part of the Forest
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
“If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.”
Fran Lebowitz book Metropolitan Life
"Letters" (p. 143).
Metropolitan Life (1978)
Archibald Macleish (1892–1982) American poet and Librarian of Congress
As quoted in Richard Nixon's First Inaugural Address (20 January 1969)
Attributed
“She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.”
Naomi Wolf book The Beauty Myth
Source: The Beauty Myth
Théophile Gautier book Mademoiselle de Maupin
Il n'y a de vraiment beau que ce qui ne peut servir à rien; tout ce qui est utile est laid.
Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835; Paris: Charpentier, 1866), Préface, p. 21; Burton Rascoe (trans.) Mademoiselle de Maupin, and One of Cleopatra's Nights (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1925) p. xxv.