“A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.”

“There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty - unless she is wed to something more meaningful - is always superficial.”

“The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behavior and not appearance.”

“Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting,
The parting hour is come!
And fast thy soul is fleeting
To seek its starry home.”

“Love birds don't always sing pretty tunes.”

“Beauty grows in you to the extent that love grows, because charity itself is the soul's beauty.”
Quantum in te crescit amor, tantum crescit pulchritudo; quia ipsa caritas est animae pulchritudo.

“To be beautiful you had to be willowy and tall. When you were as short as Clary was, just over five feet, you were cute. Not pretty or beautiful, but cute.”

“The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.”

“Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection,—these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss.”

“The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles.”