Sidonie Gabrielle Colette :
It's nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.
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Ugliness
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Calamity
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Grace
Gift it
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