“Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.”— Alexander Pope, shmoop.com
“October, crisp, misty, golden October, when the light is sweet and heavy.”— Angela Carter, amazon.com
“I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”— Dorothy Parker, amazon.com
“It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity.”— Thomas Hardy, amazon.com
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”— Charles M. Schulz, Lucy Van Pelt, amazon.com
“All southern girls are raised to be nice and polite, can't be anything but, regardless of how mean spirited we might be deep down. The illusion of sweetness, that's all that counts. We don't have to be sincerely sweet, but by God we have to be good at faking it.”— Cassandra King, amazon.com
“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”— Iain Thomas, reddit.com