Quotes about Contrast
one pale woman all alone, The daylight kissing her wan hair, Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare, With lips of flame and heart of stone.
— Oscar Wilde
This wild emaciated look appeals to some women, though not to many men, who are seldom seen pinning up a Vogue illustration in a machine shop.
— Peg Bracken
It is God who makes woman beautiful it is the devil who makes her pretty.
— Victor Hugo
The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A flower blooming in a storm is stronger than a tree blossoming under a rainbow.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is impossible for darkness to reign in the presence of a star.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The ugliest storms paint the loveliest rainbows.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Bitter love is better than sweet hate.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Stars are not praised for shining during the day, but at night.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The girls emerged in their carboncopy dresses and the boy came out of the woods stiffly and looking churlish and sullen and strange, like a child pervert.
— Cormac McCarthy
A halfman on a skatecart oared past with leather chocks.
— Cormac McCarthy
Across the yard, brilliant against the façade of pines beyond, a cardinal shot like a drop of blood.
— Cormac McCarthy