All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep. Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try. Never judge a cover by its book. No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation. Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special. Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable. The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are l | 
