Love is a great beautifier.
Louisa May Alcott


There is no excellent beauty
that hath not some strangeness
in the proportion.
Francis Bacon


The lover who has not felt
the hot tears rise at the sight
of some slight, infinitely poignant
imperfection in the body of the beloved,
has never loved.
Mervyn Levy


The body of someone we love
is not altogether naked,
but is clothed and framed
in our feelings.
Anatole Boyard