I’d thought I knew what beauty was in women; but she’d surpassed all the language I had for it.
Interpretation
The speaker realizes that their previous understanding of beauty is inadequate compared to a remarkable woman's beauty.
This quote expresses the idea that true beauty can transcend conventional definitions and language. The speaker acknowledges their prior beliefs about beauty in women but finds that this specific woman exceeds anything they could adequately describe, highlighting the complexities and depths of attraction and admiration.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion about the nature of beauty and its subjective experience.
From my stone pillow I have dreamed dreams of the mortal world above. I have heard its voices, its new music, as lullabies as I lie in my grave. I have envisioned its fantastical discoveries. I have known its courage in the timeless sanctum of my thoughts. And though it shuts me out with its dazzling forms, I long for one with the strength to roam it fearlessly, to ride the Devil's Road through its heart.
We all suffer under a curse, the curse that we know more than we can endure, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing we can do about the force and the lure of this knowledge.
And so this young one, this young one whom I had so loved, I had to forsake, no matter how broken my heart, no matter how lonely my soul, no matter how bruised my intellect and spirit.
Dear God, help me. Do not forget me on this tiny cinder lost in a galaxy that is lost–a heart no bigger than a speck of dust beating, beating against death, against meaninglessness, against guilt, against sorrow.
The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.
In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?
Love, love, I have hung our cave with roses.
We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.
I'm so proud the fans still sing my name, but I fear tomorrow they will stop. I fear it because I love it. And everything you love, you fear you will lose.
Jesus wants me to tell you again...how much is the love He has for each one of you-beyond all what you can imagine...Not only He loves you, even more - He longs for you. He misses you when you don't come close. He thirsts for you. He loves you always, even when you don't feel worthy.
I knew from the minute I saw her (Hillary) that if I got involved with her I would fall in love with her.
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