It’s a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Beauty is terror.
Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.
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Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
- Oscar Wilde
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𝙰 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑;
𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚕 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚎.
𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜
𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍.
𝙰 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜, 𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜.
— 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝙵𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚝
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