“When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book Tender Is the Night
Source: Tender Is the Night
Source: My Last Sigh
“When I see a beautiful shell like that I can't help feeling a regret about what's inside it.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book Tender Is the Night
Source: Tender Is the Night
“You can't be beautiful until you feel beautiful.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Invisible Monsters
Beatrice Sparks (1917–2012) American writer
Source: Go Ask Alice
Nikos Kazantzakis book The Saviors of God
The Saviors of God (1923)
Context: Pain is not the only essence of our God, nor is hope in a future life or a life on this earth, neither joy nor victory. Every religion that holds up to worship one of these primordial aspects of God narrows our hearts and our minds.
The essence of our God is STRUGGLE. Pain, joy, and hope unfold and labor within this struggle, world without end.
“You can't help what you feel, but you can help how you behave”
Margaret Atwood book The Handmaid's Tale
Source: The Handmaid's Tale
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Variant: It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Roman Polanski (1933) Polish-French film director, producer, writer, actor, and rapist
Interview in Telecran magazine (25 January 1970)