Florence L. Barclay Professions : Novelist Born : December 2, 1862 Died : March 10, 1921 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Florence L. Barclay the worship of beauty is to me a religion. Nothing bad was ever truly beautiful; nothing good is ever really ugly. Florence L. Barclay ugly beautiful beauty We, who have had tender, perfect mothers, would like to make it law that the other kind should always be called 'she-parents,' or 'female progenitors,' or any other descriptive title, but not profane the sacred name of mother! Florence L. Barclay law mother names The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage. Florence L. Barclay bondage liberty self Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors