„Do you think I'm pretty?
I think you're beautiful
Beautiful?
You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.“

„I think it's very important to feel beautiful. I think it's very political to feel beautiful, especially if you're Queer, because if you're Queer you have to take on the world every single day of your life, so you have to feel beautiful to survive.“

—  Margaret Cho American stand-up comedian 1968

„You're beautiful, Roza. So beautiful it hurts me.“

—  Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy

„Well," I said finally, knowing he was waiting, "you make me laugh."
He nodded. "And?"
"You're pretty good-looking."
"Pretty good-looking? I called you beautiful."
"You want to be beautiful?" I asked him.
"Are you saying I'm not?“

—  Sarah Dessen, buch This Lullaby

„Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?“

—  Richard Rodgers

„Did you hear that Mitch? Your mom thinks you're beautiful.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, buch The Rescue

„Itʹs not just the dress or the hair. Itʹs you. Youʹre beautiful. So beautiful, it hurts me.ʺ“

—  Richelle Mead, buch Last Sacrifice

„What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.“

—  Scott Westerfeld, buch Uglies

„I just think of things as beautiful or not. Can't you understand? I don't think of good or bad. Just of beautiful or ugly. I think a lot of nice things are ugly and a lot of nasty things are beautiful.“

—  John Fowles, buch The Collector

„You're not pretty. Goddamn it, Dani. You're beautiful.“

—  Karen Marie Moning author 1964

„I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.“

—  Ellen DeGeneres American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress 1958

„I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.“

—  Drew Barrymore American actress, director and producer 1975

„You're late,' he said.
'I'm beautiful.'
'You're always beautiful.'
'I'm always late too.“

—  Derek Landy Irish children's writer 1974

„The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.“

—  John Cage American avant-garde composer 1912 - 1992

„I think there's too much emphasis on beauty. I find it so limiting. I think just be yourself. Be who you are.“

—  Molly Shannon American actress 1964

„You're beautful. Yes you are, you're very very beautiful. Extremely beautiful.“

—  Orson Welles American actor, director, writer and producer 1915 - 1985

„I think you’re beautiful, the only beautiful person I’ve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you.“

—  E.M. Forster, buch Maurice

„When I think of art, I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is in the mind, not in the eye. In our minds, we have an awareness of perfection that leads us on... The response to beauty is emotion. Sometimes very subtle emotions of which we are almost not aware, and sometimes our most powerful emotions..“

—  Agnes Martin American artist 1912 - 2004

„You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to and I think it's beautiful.“

—  Katherine Paterson, buch Bridge to Terabithia

„You may think you're not pretty enough for me, but I bet I'm pretty enough for the both of us.“

—  Darby Conley American cartoonist 1970