“Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness.”

—  Suzanne Collins, book Catching Fire

Variant: Having an eye for beauty isn't the same thing as a weakness... except possibly when it comes to you.
Source: Catching Fire

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American television writer and novelist 1962

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