“She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short.”

“At the beauty of what she had stumbled onto, at the fear that something terrible would happen because she was not vigilant enough. She cried at the fear of something so good that she would not be brave enough to bear it.”

“She was doing it because she had nothing to lose, because her life was one of constant, day to day frustration.”

“When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.”

“She laughed so easily when she was happy. But also when she was sad.”

“Massie's frindship is something that has to be earned. Not because she's beautiful or popular but because she's loyal.”

“The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a diet. Sometimes, my dad calls her beautiful, but she cannot hear him.”

“Because a woman's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is a part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.”

“She is so lost in her sadness that she has no idea how visible it is.”

“Was she really beautiful? Was she at least what they call attractive? She was exasperation, she was torture.”