Beauty Standards Quotes

Beauty is the moment when time vanishes. Beauty is the space where eternity arises.

Simply being born female in our society is to grow up being told your worth as a person is tied to how slim and attractive you are. Even for those of us lucky enough to have evolved parents, the message is still driven home by the world at large.

Beauty isn’t visible; I don’t know why people think it is. Perhaps because at times there are physical manifestations suggesting beauty exists in a person, but don’t be fooled. Beauty isn’t the packaging, it’s the treasure wrapped up inside.

Thus the little mermaid learned her world’s greatest paradox: that their currency was beauty, and their coin was body parts.