First-sentence Quote by Melinda Blanchard

“that even within its ugliness, there lay a surprising beauty, breathtaking because it was so unexpected.”

— Justina Chen

“not as pretty as in the pictures.”

— Lauren Oliver

“My face is something between groteque and beautiful, Salai. It is something far less interesting; it is plain.”

— Anonymous

“I brushed it until it shone and looked somewhat like it used to look, only far thinner, and less glorious.”

— V.C. Andrews

“She was inches from my face, really squinting , as if it were a section of a globe she'd never closely inspected before, an…

— Marisha Pessl

“A thing of beauty, like an approaching storm. It was hard not to respect, even though you knew it was likely to erupt any…

— J.L. Langley

“I looked at the faces around me and I knew mine was like theirs. Faces with the blood drained away, tight faces, worried, lost.…

— John Fante

“Her body was rounded like earth. Stories. Breath. . . . Her eyes have been painted closed. I understand. To tell a story you must travel inward.”

— Terry Tempest Williams

“I asked if I could draw on her face, because not only was her head globe-shaped, but her nose was shaped like Italy. My…

— Jarod Kintz

“There was at least some small beauty in what we’d done.”

— Carol Rifka Brunt

“Her eyes had taken on a dull, sullen cast. He hated that look, but he also liked it just fine. It was the right…

— Stephen King

“So she was well proportioned. So her hair was all glossy. So she looked as if her lips had never been the wrong side…

— Jonathan Stroud