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Sexual pleasure often exacts a high price; sooner or later we pay with years of sorrow for every moment of pleasure. it is not God’s vengeance but that of the Devil, the enemy of everything beautiful. Beauty has always been dangerous. Marti said that everyone who is the bearer of light remains alone; I would say that anyone who takes part in certain acts of beauty is eventually destroyed. humanity in general does not tolerate beauty, perhaps because we cannot live without it; the horror of ugliness advances day by day at an every-increasing pace.
-- Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls
Irene Fornes
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
--Audrey Hepburn
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