“To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.”
“The prettiest people do the ugliest things.”
“Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.”
“Figures are the most shocking things in the world. The prettiest little squiggles of black looked at in the right light and yet consider the blow they can give you upon the heart.”
“Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.”
“she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?”