SOFT FURRY, FEATHERED BEAUTIES

Springtime is all about beautiful new life. Baby animals are born everywhere… and there’s a reason why they tug at our hearts now… they need us and we need them. We’ve got the most beautiful quotes and images to inspire you below.

"A puppy feels like life and love. Their entire bodies are soft—fur, skin, the pads of their feet new and delicate. They radiate warmth in the way science can explain, but it goes further than that. The heat of affection pours out of their eyes and makes their little butts wiggle like crazy as soon as they see a person—they don’t even care who. They’re love, encapsulated."

-- Mindy McGinnis, “The Female of the Species.”

“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince.”

“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.”

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"There’s alot to be said about evolution and the way beauty sometimes blossoms from the most unlikely ducklings."

-- Claire Contreras “Kaleidoscope Hearts (Hearts, #1)”

"As a child, you were a cub; as a youth, you were a fox; as an adult, you were a lion; but as an elder, you became an owl."  

-- Matshona Dhliwayo

-- Jacqueline Wilson

-- Heinrich Heine

"Never leave the egg in you not laid. Don't leave the laid eggs there not hatched. You deserve the best; you were created to use every gift in you!"

-- Israelmore Ayivor, “The Great Hand Book of Quotes.”

-- Paul Simon,  “The Boy in the Bubble.”

“I seemed like a baby bird keeping its truly innocent animal lusts hidden under its wing. I was being tempted, not by the desire of possession, but simply by unadorned temptation itself.”

-- Yukio Mishima, “Confessions of the Mask.”

Read more about Soft Beauty all this week on BeautifulNow, including Soft Places to Land and Soft Furry Feathered Beauties. And check out more beautiful things happening now in BN Wellness, Impact, Nature/Science, Food, Arts/Design, and Travel, Daily Fix posts.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Jan Truter. “Is there anything more cute?”
2. Image: by Elizabeth Haslam. “Mother and child.”
3. Image: by moonjazz. “Young Irish Lamb.”
4. Image: by Kenny P. "To put it simply kids...your brother has...issues"
5. Image: by Tambako The Jaguar. “Cubs playing at sunset.”
6. Image: by Frank Wouters. “Baby orang.”
7. Image: by Vinoth Chandar. “Glowing Deers!”
8. Image: by Joy. “baldy.”
9. Image: by Alex Berger. “Mother and Child - Chobe Safari - Botswana.”
10. Image: by Michele Truex.
11. Image: by Aaron. “Harley's Kittens.”
12. Image: by Frank Guido. “Meet Dexter.”
13. Image: by Samantha Levang. “Gold Dust Day Gecko.”