“But no, the friend’s indictment was off target; he simply liked them tall, as long as they didn’t slump down in a forlorn effort to appear shorter. It seemed obvious to him that no woman looked good trying to be something she wasn’t.”

— Gregory Benford , Artifact

Part 2, Chapter 1 (p. 42)
Artifact (1985)

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