“Hunting hawks do not belong in cages, no matter how much a man covets their grace, no matter how golden the bars. They are far more beautiful soaring free. Heartbreakingly beautiful.”

“It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

“How terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. I do not fit. I feel too deeply and want too much. As cages go, it is a gilded one, but I shall not live well in it or any cage, for that matter.”

Libba Bray book The Sweet Far Thing

“A beautiful thing is precious, no matter the price. Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy…”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

“How boring these emotions are that we're caught in and can't get free of, no matter how much we want to…”

Doris Lessing book The Golden Notebook

“The beauty of mathematics often makes the subject matter much more attractive and easier to master.”

Richard Hamming (1915–1998) American mathematician and information theorist

“It doesn't matter how much you think and wish, doing is what matters.”

Vladimer Botsvadze

“It's funny how the beauty of art has so much more to do with the frame than the artwork itself.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Choke

“No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I'll be waiting..”

Alicia Keys (1981) American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress