We should go and ask the princess for help. She seems very nice, and she’s much too beautiful to be unkind. The Dragon Hoard (1971)
“Your beauty leaves me breathless,” said Pereban.“Yet you find the breath to say so.” Night's Sorceries (1987)
It was, therefore, the sort of loveliness which is not perfect, but draws its charm from a measure of imbalance, which can accommodate flaws and make little of them, for a while at least. Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)