Aphrodite in Pieces Quotes

“What else was war but desire at its bloodiest? Wasn't love a battle? Passion is an act of violence. Heartbreak is a death.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces

“Sometimes that art is beautiful, but it doesn’t need to be. Art isn’t always nice or even understandable. It should make you feel.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces

“The pursuit of perfection can be destructive. The idea of an ideal breaks us. And this kind of immaculate beauty does not necessarily engender love. I have seen gorgeous men and women who are vain and stupid and unloved. And yet, love almost always creates beauty. When two souls connect, the physical defects disappear. A good heart radiates from the core; a great love transforms. And this beauty, the one that comes from love, makes us feel the most alive. This is art.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces

“What a world we could enjoy if men treated all women like they were real people.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces

“Men worship this myth of me. The sunset version, alighted with promise. Aphrodite at night and all that entails. But come morning, when I’m just a woman? Or worse, when I express needs, too? When I don’t exist simply to please?
I disappoint.
But I am not an idea, I am real.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces

“To be an artist is to romance the stone – to love it enough to uncover its beauty.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces

“I am as I am. Not the first beauty, but the greatest.”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces

“Can you love me enough, Alexandros, to tell the truth about who I am?”
― Lauren J.A. Bear, Aphrodite in Pieces