Hero Quote by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“my mother knew that no woman thought she was beautiful, or beautiful enough, or beautiful in the right way.”

— Ann Patchett

“Mom died when I was nine. I don’t remember much about her, except I remember her telling me how ugly I am. How life…

— Margaret McHeyzer

“Some girls had mothers who never called them beautiful but swore their love up and down. It's all the same, really. All bullshit.”

— Leah Raeder

“I suggest that it never helps anyone to tell a mother that her baby is ugly.”

— William H. Patterson Jr

“Ugly or not, I could still kiss you if I wanted to, and you’d let me.” I choked on the rich cocoa in my…

— L.J. Shen

“Daddy thinks that Mama is everything a woman should be: beautiful, clever, charming. Beauty has a way of making the bad things tolerable. When…

— Jenny Han

“She’s so pretty to look at and so lighthearted, the way your mother used to be before we married. But she’s not, let’s say,…

— Anne Tyler

The fact that one of these ladies was my mom made me particularly sad because my mom is beautiful. And she’s always on a…

— Stephen Chbosky

'He is very ugly,' said his mother.

— Taylor Caldwell

“He is plain-looking, miss, ain’t he?” said Becky. “He looks like a very ugly baby,” laughed Sara. “I beg your pardon, monkey; but I’m…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“You're a monster that mothers threaten children with and you're still touchy as an ugly girl in a pretty dress.”

— Caitlin Kittredge

You are ugly when you love her, you are beautiful and fresh, vital and free, modern and poetic when you don't... you are more…

— Witold Gombrowicz