"The problem with looking in the mirror is……" — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The problem with looking in the mirror is that you never know how you will feel about what you see. Sometimes, when my hormones are out of sync, I have no interest in the mirror, and if I do look I think everything is all wrong. Other times, I am quite pleased with what I see."
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