“So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.”

“How sad the world is, so beautiful yet so absurd…”

“Wings of an angel
Replace my beautiful scars
Well hidden in the dark
Time seems to stand still
The world is falling apart
So heavy on my heart.”

“How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?”

“For myself I make no secret, I look forward with eager desire to seeing the matchless beauty of Christ’s body in the heavenly light.”

“For beauty called to beauty and there thronged at the enchanter's will
The vanished hours of love that burn within the Ever-living still.”

“Don't be enchanted by a beautiful work of art, be inspired and make something better.”

“Or maybe it's just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world.”

“Pursue something so important that even if you fail, the world is better off with you having tried.”

“Trust not too much to that enchanting face;
Beauty's a charm, but soon the charm will pass.”
O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori.