The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist  her hand. The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement. Remember  all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful  and it's best to take the gesture  the shadow of the branch  and let the mind create the tree.
William Faulkner
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