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“But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the Soul than Beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is Great or Uncommon.”
― The Spectator: Volumes I, II, and III
― The Spectator: Volumes I, II, and III
“I was for a while troubled with a haunting fear that if i handled the flower freely its bloom would fade -the sweet charm of freshness would leave it. I did not then know that it was no transitory blossom, but rather the radiant resemblance of one, cut in an indestructible gem.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment.”
― The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
― The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
“Perfect, he, as a lover, might have called them off-hand. But no—they were not perfect. and it was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“I must try and be good, or clever, or eccentric, for it was very evident that pretty I could never be”
― Cometh Up As a Flower
― Cometh Up As a Flower
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