“Her hair was piled high, but when she shook her head it came cascading down in a glowing wave over her shoulders, and fell as far as her knees. This rippling curtain did not cover her breasts which thrust their way through it like living creatures. They were perfect rounds, white as mare's milk and…”— Wilbur Smith, amazon.com
“There is nothing on earth more beautiful to me than your smile. No sound sweeter than your laughter. No pleasure greater than holding you in my arms. I realized today that I could never live without you, stubborn little hellion that you are. In this life and the next, you’re my only hope of happines…”— Lisa Kleypas, amazon.com
“I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you.”— Lisa Kleypas, amazon.com
“A man who really likes you and cares about you won’t care about your weight one way or another.”— Danielle Steel, amazon.com
“That was the morning I committed the first sin of love, which was to confuse beauty and a good sound track with knowledge.”— Stephanie Danler, amazon.com
“Does the sun ask itself, ‘Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?’ No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, ‘What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?’ No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, ‘Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?’ No,…”— Andrea Dworkin, amazon.com
“If you're going to expend energy being mad about Photoshop, you'll also have to be mad about earrings. No one's ears are that sparkly.”— Tina Fey, amazon.com
“If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares?”— Tina Fey, amazon.com
“You cut up a thing that's alive and beautiful to find out how it's alive and why it's beautiful, and before you know it, it's neither of those things, and you're standing there with blood on your face and tears in your sight and only the terrible ache of guilt to show for it.”— Clive Barker, amazon.com
“Do you think we mortals will find you gods easier to bear if you’re beautiful? I tell you that if that’s true we’ll find you a thousand times worse. For then (I know what beauty does) you’ll lure and entice. You’ll leave us nothing; nothing that’s worth our keeping or your taking. Those we love best…”— C.S. Lewis, amazon.com
“Beauty isn't between a size two and a size eight. It's not a number at all. It is not physical.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool... I mean, I had a mullet and I wore parachute pants for a long, long time. And I'm doing ok”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“If we don’t want to define ourselves by things as superficial as our appearances, we’re stuck with the revolting alternative of being judged by our actions.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“Hopefully as you get older, you start to learn how to live with your demon. It’s hard at first. Some people give their demon so much room that there is no space in their head or bed for love. They feed their demon and it gets really strong and then it makes them stay in abusive relationships or star…”— Amy Poehler, amazon.com
“We walk by beautiful flowers and trees every day without looking at them. We rush through our day without even saying hi to most of the people we see. We take a lot for granted.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“It’s hard to go. It’s scary and lonely…and half the time you’ll be wondering why the hell you’re in Cincinnati or Austin or North Dakota or Mongolia or wherever your melodious little finger-plucking heinie takes you. There will be boondoggles and discombobulated days, freaked-out nights and metaphor…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big heart and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com