Perceptions of Beauty Quotes

It had never occurred to him that the body of a woman of fifty, blown up to monstrous dimensions by childbearing, then hardened, roughened by work til it was coarse in the grain like an overripe turnip, could be beautiful. But is was so, and after all, he thought, why not?

Women are skinny for other women. Men want something they can actually hold on to.

she’s not as pretty as you,” I said “But she’s a simpler girl,” my mother whispered.

I don't want to be an actress, because I think that they have to be really pretty, and I'm not.

Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft spoken and loud, all at once.

I'm not a real blond... Shocking.

I wonder if it changes the nature of a society for beauty to be so common. Maybe in Vietnam "She has a wonderful personality" really means something. But I couldnt figure out a polite way to ask.

I had difficulty being friends with women who hadn't worked in either the sex or beauty industries. I felt like other women sometimes overvalued beauty and sexuality, when in actuality, they're just parts of a job.