Arthur GoldenAt that moment, beauty itself struck me as a kind of painful melancholy.
About This Quote
The beauty of the day was all too painful to see. It was like looking at something that should have been beautiful, but wasn't. The words in this quote have a lot in them. First, there is the word "beauty." Beauty is something that has always been in the world, but has always been denied because of something else.
Until now. The beauty of today's world is all too beautiful for words. Second, there are the words "that moment" that have to do with being struck by something at that moment or being struck by something at that moment.
Third, there are the words "beauty itself" which means to be struck by beauty itself. To be struck by beauty itself is to be struck by what you are seeing or experiencing at that moment.
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