Louise PennyI was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters.
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In the painting of the "Graces" by Sandro Botticelli , two women are shown. One is beautiful and youthful, and the other is old and wise. The young woman is similar to the beauty of a rose which has been cut and preserved after it has bloomed. The older woman, on the other hand, is like a field of daisies which remains perfect and unspoiled after it has bloomed. A field of daisies never changes; it remains as it was when they first bloomed.
Source: A Fatal Grace
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