Quotes About Beauty

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himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people. She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible. So when

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Now you are a great deal fatter and better looking.

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It was curious how much nicer a person looked when they smiled

lad—what's names to th' Joy Maker

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am one of the ugliest children I ever saw. She is beginning

color of gold. I have short black hair and green eyes;

He is plain-looking, miss, ain't he?" said Becky. "He looks like a very ugly baby," laughed Sara. "I beg your pardon, monkey; but I'm glad you are not a baby. Your mother couldn't be proud of you, and no one would dare to say you looked like any of your relations.

secret garden that morning, and in the midst of

look down onto the earth and smile, and send beautiful messages.

It used to seem as if she had all the sky and the world to herself.

Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses.

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When you kept the weeds from your bare little garden, and when you dug for others and hid away ugliness and disorder, you planted a Blue Flower every day. You have planted more than all the rest, and your reward shall be the sweetest, for you planted without the seeds.

I wouldn't want to make it look like a gardener's garden, all clipped an' spick an' span, would you? he said. It's nicer like this with things runnin' wild, an' swingin' an' catchin' hold of each other. Don't let us make it tidy, said Mary anxiously. It wouldn't seem like a secret garden if it was tidy.

was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people. She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her

You have the nicest eyes I ever saw

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There doesn't seem to be no need for no one to be contrary when there's flowers an' such like

to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go