„They assume she was once gorgeously beautiful. Because now she looks so—bad.“

— Chuck Palahniuk

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„I know," he said, looking down at himself self-consciously. "I am not-I mean, I look-""Beautiful," she said, and she meant it. "You look beautiful, James Carstairs.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Discipline is the great equalizer. If a young woman is beautiful but has no discipline, she will lose her looks as she grows older. If a plain woman is disciplined she will undoubtedly become more beautiful with time.“
— Sophia Loren
„Beauty! Terrible Beauty!A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes!“
— Homér