Justifying Grace

Famous quotes containing the words justifying and/or grace:

“Even alone we go on justifying ourselves.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“It’s nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)