Source: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
“Few women's merit lasts as long as their beauty.”
Il y a peu de femmes dont le mérite dure plus que la beauté.
Maxim 474.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“It is thought that women inspire by their beauty; more often they do so by their longings.”
Source: A Time in Rome (1960), Ch. IV, p. 132
“I love beautiful women, and beautiful women love me. It has to be both ways.”
Interview with Norwegian talk show host Fredrik Skavlan in (November 2003).
2000s
“I never thought I’d feel wind again. I never thought I’d be outside. It’s so beautiful.”
Amos glanced around the ruins and shrugged. “That’s got a lot to do with context, I guess.”
Source: Nemesis Games (2015), Chapter 26 (p. 280)
“I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it.”
Source: The Queen of the Damned
“Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.”
Source: House of Leaves
