She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.
BeautyBeauty and the BeastAll that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring.
Renewed shall be blade that was broken
The crownless again shall be king.
Come in close, because the more you think you see, the easier it'll be to fool you.
Now You See Me, by Thaddeus BradleyYou wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
MaskenV for Vendetta, by Gordon DeitrichThat's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.
BeautyJohn Green in Paper TownsThe world is full of monsters with friendly faces.
Heather Brewer in Vladimir Tod - Eighth Grade BitesThe difference from a person and an angel is easy. Most of an angel is in the inside and most of a person is on the outside.
Humanity, AngelsFynn in Mister God, This is AnnaUnderneath my outside face
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like me.
Change the way things are. I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become.
The Lorax, by Once-lerLike all good things the witching hour must come to an end. True natures are revealed. Tricks are turned into treats. And taking off costumes is as much fun as putting them on. Except for little girls who forget that Halloween is only one night. They wear their costumes for so long pretty soon they can’t even remember who they were before they put them on. XOXO - Gossip Girl.
HalloweenGossip Girl in Gossip Girl, Season 3I'm sure that sounds odd, but looking at me and seeing me are two very different things.
SeeingKa Hancock in Dancing on Broken GlassI guess there are a lot of people who don't know the right thing to say. You don't notice them so much because they pretend they do.
TalkingCath Crowley in A Little Wanting SongVery few of us are what we seem.
Agatha ChristieBe as you wish to seem.
SocratesA person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
Character, Morality & EthicsRoald DahlPerhaps a man's character was like a tree, and his reputation like its shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
CharacterAbraham LincolnYou cannot judge what is right or wrong merely based on the things you see. There are stories to everything.
Master Lee in Alchemy of Souls, Season 1A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Small Things, DwarfsLord Varys in Game of Thrones, Season 2 Episode 3It's not important who you are, but how you look. What's more, you always end up being what you seem.
Alma López-Durán in The Barrier, Season 1 Episode 1You don’t have to look tough to be tough.
StrengthAhsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Season 2 Episode 17We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut