She hated the calendar, hated the mirror and what it showed her every morning. A handsome woman, that’s what… — Harry Turtledove
She hated the calendar, hated the mirror and what it showed her every morning. A handsome woman, that’s what you are. She would almost rather have been ugly. Then she wouldn’t have to remember the beauty she had been not so long ago.
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