Beauty was deceptive. I would rather wear my pain, my ugliness. I was …

Janet Fitch
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Beauty was deceptive. I would rather wear my pain, my ugliness. I was torn and stitched. I was a strip mine, and they would just have to look. I hoped I made them sick. I hoped they saw me in their dreams. ✨ Janet Fitch (2013). White Oleander, p.111, Hachette UK
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