Quote by Rhoda Broughton

“You see, I am not pretty, not in the least, never was, and so I have to be odd. Nothing for it! It answers…

— Georgette Heyer

“You will never be merely pretty”

— Katie Makkai

“and if she wasn’t precisely pretty, she had a force of character that is often more attractive than simple beauty.”

— Diana Gabaldon

“You can be a bit of a fool around a pretty girl.”

— Angela Orlowski-Peart

“She had learnt long ago that common sense, intelligence, good-nature, and strength of character were unimportant in comparison with a pretty face.”

— W. Somerset Maugham

“It never occurs to one to think whether she is pretty or ugly. One just surrenders to her charm.”

— François Mauriac

“She is good and smart, which is better than being pretty.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“Pretty was a strange thing to concern oneself over. Pretty was subjective and fallacious.”

— Rivers Solomon

“All this could have been avoided if I were less pretty.”

— Gillian Flynn

“The choice between looking plain and pretty isn't really a choice at all. But any fool knows looking dangerous is preferable to both.”

— Jay Kristoff

“Pretty isn't good enough.”

— Ellen Hopkins

“I was a pretty thing, and pretty things did not fare well in this world, not in the hands of men like him.”

— C.J. Roberts