“riches, like glory or health, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them” - michel de montaigne
“what a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! a beautiful woman utters absurdities: we listen, and we hear not the absurdities but wise thoughts” - leo tolstoy
“beauty is worse than wine; it intoxicates both the holder and the beholder” - aldous huxley
“sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. and the intelligence which goes with sex and beauty, and arises out of sex and beauty, is intuition” - david herbert lawrence
“those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as life lasts” - rachel carson
sunday morning, 12th may 2013 – lost in marin county somewhere near sausalito california – marin county california
in memory of ms. abby lincoln, 6th august 1930 – 14th august 2010
peace
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