“Light like this does not exist, but we wish it did. We wish the sun could make us young and beautiful, we wish our clothes could glisten and ripple against our skins, most of all, we wish that everyone we knew could be brightened simply by our looking at them, as are the maid with the letter and the soldier with the hat.” DoeLightBeautifulYoungWishSunClothesLettersSkinsSoldierHatsMaidsRippleYoung And BeautifulGlisten Book:Girl, Interrupted Source: Girl, Interrupted
“Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage.” PersonsBeautifulYoungVirtueYouthAngelHomageYoung And Beautiful Author:Phoebe Cary
“Someone can be mentally ill, but if they are young and beautiful and their life is going well, people don't notice because at that point the cracks are almost imperceptible.” PeopleIfsWellsBeautifulYoungLife IsIllCracksMentally IllYoung And Beautiful Author:Mary Harron
“I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.” WantMadeStillsHardDoneWantedBeautifulYoungGirlCitiesGrewGrew UpOvercomingEdgesObstaclesDressed UpOther GirlYoung And Beautiful Author:Alicia Keys
“A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.” Has BeensAgeBeautifulYoungAgingUglyGravesOld AgeYoung And Beautiful Author:Thomas Hardy