#charming

Some would say it is madness to want a woman this way, but I think it must be love. Not the tepid, fickle love of which the poets sing—the love that forms or fades with kindness or cruelty. No, this love is something more divine—like the love of a god, both vengeful and benign. It is as constant as the sea. And as beautiful. As dangerous. As mysterious. She is the only woman to ever refuse me. And yet, I want… ↗

— Bettie Sharpe

#prince-charming #beauty

But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#charming #dominating #generous #i #me

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself. ↗

— Loretta Young

#crowd #follow #herself #she #woman

When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are! ↗

— Alma Gluck

#complete #complete control #control #english #etc

It's not charming to go on a show and say, I dunno. It doesn't fool anybody. There's nothing glamorous about it at all. ↗

— Jeff Goldblum

#anybody #charming #dunno #fool #glamorous

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#bliss #charming #colors #consummate #deceptive

Evolution is what it is. The upper classes have always died out; it's one of the most charming things about them. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#always #charming #classes #died #evolution

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't. ↗

— Sacha Guitry

#charming #faithful #ideal #just #remains

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.' ↗

— Max Hastings

#brilliant #charming #children #clever #knew

I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny. ↗

— Lena Headey

#charming #comedy #directed #ensemble #funny