He raised himself on his hands and looked at Irene's face: the nudity of that feminine body had risen into her face, the body had reabsorbed it, as nature reabsorbs forsaken gardens.

JeanPaul Sartre
He raised himself on his hands and looked at Irene's...
He raised himself on his hands and looked at Irene's...
He raised himself on his hands and looked at Irene's...
He raised himself on his hands and looked at Irene's...
About This Quote

In this quote, W H Auden is saying that the nudity of the woman’s body brought out all of her beauty and made her more beautiful than she had ever been before. The nudity of the woman’s body has risen into her face, and it has become part of her beauty. Sometimes we can place too much emphasis on people and their beauty or lack of beauty. The more we focus on the negative, the more we get caught up in our own problems.

By focusing on how beautiful someone is, we can get caught up in their beauty and forget about our own problems. This quote reminds us to not over-focus on something else and to look at something else and appreciate it for what it is: a person with problems, but still beautiful.

Source: The Reprieve

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