What Helen of Troy did in her spare time and what she was 'really like' are not questions that torture us.

Give thanks to the earth for the hospitality and generosityShow gratitude for life, light and every little beauty.

There is somethingmystically sadand beautifulabouthowi will neversee youagainbut meet youagain and againin poetry.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

Unspoken words between you and I,Present in the eyes of knowing,Lost in the realm of unforeseen beauty,I am yours.

Virtue is excellence, something uncommonly great and beautiful, which rises far above what is vulgar and ordinary.

Thanks to Karen Connelly who read earlier versions of this manuscript and to Ronald Hatch my editor and publisher.

What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and culture of men?

This is what a woman is: unadorned, after children and work and age, and experience-these are the marks of living.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.

They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said.

Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.

The flowers' beauty drew her closer to them like a magnetic force. She felt compelled to walk a little faster.

It is not only me devoted to your kindness and beauty; walk in the gardens, you will find birds singing your name.

She was unique: there was something abnormal about her, and it was that abnormal something that made her magnetic.