Stephen R. LawheadApart from pleasure, beauty also kindles imagination, hope and encouragement. If beauty ceased to exist, we would, in a very real sense, cease to exist--for we would be no longer who we are.
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Beauty isn't just a matter of the eyes and the heart. It is a part of life which has a lot of meaning. It may not bring us pleasure, but it kindles imagination, hope and encouragement. Thus, when we lose sight of beauty, we lose sight of ourselves.
Source: The Paradise War
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