"A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language." ― Gaston Bachelard Topic(s): Beauty More From Gaston Bachelard "Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books." "If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace." "The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams." More In Beauty "Literature isn’t a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts."― Philip Roth "I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone’s face."― Fan Binbing "Beauty always promises, but never gives anything."― Simone Weil