Empress in waiting

"Her lips were pale, as though she had not slept - or perhaps she had been crying. I thought in that moment that she looked older, more elegant; she had an element of that beauty which only age can confer upon a woman, and I imagined I was catching a glimpse of the Erica she would one day become. Truly, I thought, she is an empress-in-waiting!"

Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist

A woman only gets beautiful with age.

Beauty

Ricky: "Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in."

American beauty

Ah, that is just so true. 101% case with me.