“Grandmotherly sales clerks present an unusual problem in their tendency to praise Polly for her beauty. 'Aren't you beautiful?' is a common greeting (to which Polly would reply with devastating honesty: 'I know'). This necessitated long speeches from me about the inconsequence of exterior beauty in comparison with the vital importance of interior beauty. The devastating logic of my speeches has now prompted Polly to offer the compromise response, 'I'm beautiful on the inside, too' (sometimes ungraciously adding: 'I have a brother called Bob who's beautiful as well — but he's only beautiful on the inside'). -(from Høstens Vemod)” ChildrenBeautyParentingInner BeautySiblingsOuter BeautyToddlersExterior BeautyInterior Beauty Book:Tell You What: Great New Zealand Nonfiction 2017 Source: Tell You What: Great New Zealand Nonfiction 2017
“It was a new moon, but the stars of the northern hemisphere transformed her slim sinuous home, converting the oak strips on the convex walls into quicksilver that momentarily held the frenzied shadows of the forest, slickening their inextricable shapes, and then engulfed them.” StarlightExterior BeautyTreehouse Book:The Extinction of Irena Rey Source: The Extinction of Irena Rey
“You can call me what you like. Genius. Savant. Prodigy. Virtuoso. Once-in-a-lifetime intellect. I've always preferred that people look beyond who I am on the inside and really appreciate my gorgeous exterior.” GeniusExterior BeautyEithan Book:Bloodline Source: Bloodline