J. M. Barrie Quote

She adored all beautiful things in their every curve and fragrance, so that they became part of her. Day by day, she gathered beauty; had she had no heart (she who was the bosom of womanhood) her thoughts would still have been as lilies, because the good is the beautiful.

The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie... (ed. 1903)