“Most trans women don’t look like Laverne Cox or Caitlyn Jenner. Most of us look … well, like trans women. We might have a visible Adam’s apple. We might have real trouble hiding that five o’clock shadow. We might have broad shoulders or big hands and feet. We might be really tall or have a deep voic…”— Laura Kate, medium.com
“Mentioning how hot you are. Confidence can be sexy, but pointing out your best attributes is redundant because they’ve already noticed and don’t need you to drive the point home.”— Maya Kachroo-Levine, thoughtcatalog.com
“Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either. There's both sweet and sour in every day. So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful? Concentrate on the good.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“You are beautiful. You are strong. You are worth it. You are loved.”— Macaile Hutt, rebellesociety.com
“But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, amazon.com
“Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com
“It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.”— Anne Brontë, amazon.com
“I could stare at you forever and I'd still feel like I haven't had enough of you.”— Keith Brown, lovepanky.com