“I just don't like that you can either be ugly and smart or pretty and dumb, or ugly and nice or pretty and mean.”
“Big don't mean ugly, and thin sho don't mean pretty. If a person wants to be pretty, they gotta walk pretty, talk pretty and act pretty. Can't nobody take pretty from you.”
“Don't pretend", I say Breathily. "You know I'm not. I'm not ugly, but I am certainly not pretty." "Fine. You're not pretty. So?" He kisses my cheek. "I like how you look. You're deadly smart. You're brave.”
“Pretty girls don't have ugly mouths.”
“I don't even know how ugly and pretty get decided.”
“For us, a pretty bird is a pretty bird; for an insect, pretty bird is an ugly enemy!”