But maybe you see beauty in me because you are beautiful, not because I am.

She wondered how it would feel to be beautiful and have it taken away. How much harder would it be than never knowing what it felt like in the first place?

I've often thought that beauty can be adeterrent to love,” Fern's father mused.“Why?”“Because sometimes we fall in love with aface and not what's behind it.

You act like beauty is the only thing that makes us worthy of love.