“Death is the Mother of Beauty”
“Death is the mother of beauty.”
“Death is the mother of beauty,” said Henry. “And what is beauty?” “Terror.”
“Death is the mother of beauty. Only the perishable can be beautiful, which is why we are unmoved by artificial flowers.”
“Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreamsAnd our desires.”
“There was a certain power beautiful mothers held over their less beautiful daughters.”