“Pubu had an ethereal quality that mortals lacked--- no blemishes, perfect features, a sparkling aura meant to bewitch and enchant, and perfume reminiscent of mist-covered tea roses against a refreshing waterfall, her namesake. The goldfish on her elaborate robes jumped into the air and dove back into the aquamarine silk with a splashing plop.”
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“And like a sunset were her lips, A stormy sunset on doomed ships”
“I couldn't help but marvel at how beauty remained so immutable in such a broken world.”
“Folded into the uneven aesthetic surfaces of the world is a pressure toward social equality.”
“The essence of all being is love, and the world of forms is its dance, its play, its expression,”
“I can be beautiful and useless if that's all you know to ask of me.”