“Wharton was captivated by her sweet face, and tried to make her understand his theory that the merit of a painting was not so much in what it explained as in what it suggested.”
Referring to Catherine Brooke, Ch. III
Esther: A Novel (1884)
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Girish Raghunath Karnad (1938–2019) Indian playwright
In this, Purushartha means "that which is sought by man; human purpose, aim, or end." Quoted in[Sahu, Nandini title=The Post-colonial Space: Writing the Self and the Nation, http://books.google.com/books?id=xs_tj0tDnnwC&pg=PA59, 2007, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 978-81-269-0777-9, 59–]
“No. But I understand her. Life makes people what they are.”
Lisa Kleypas book Dreaming of You
Source: Dreaming of You
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La donna interessante rapisce la mente, ha una personalità ribelle. I suoi occhi, le sue labbra ed il suo volto diventano una condanna... perché sanno di mistero.
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“Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.”
Christopher Paolini (1983) American author
Source: Eragon & Eldest
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Lei, di una particolare ed unica bellezza. I lineamenti del suo volto e del suo corpo sono di una sottile trasgressione che si fonde tra dolcezza e sensualità. Il suo fascino profuma di donna.
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Edward Moore (1712–1757) English dramatist and writer
The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat. Fable ix.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) German artist
excerpt of her Journal, Worpswede 1897; as quoted in: Witzling (1991, p. 193) and Delia Gaze (2001) Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, p. 489
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