“Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.”

“She pulled into a parking space on the side of the road, put her hand to her chest, and sat for a bit. Then she said that the man already knew he was the one in the wrong, and being wrong had embarrassed him. Since he didn't like feeling that way, he unloaded his bad feelings onto her."Huh?" we'd said."Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.”

“He was ugly, himself. Weird-ugly. But ugliness in a man doesn't matter, much. Ugliness in a woman is her life.”

“She look me over from head to foot. Then she cackle. Sound like a death rattle. You sure is ugly, she say, like she ain't believed it.”

“She liked things that had been written by people who had lived short, ugly, and tragic lives. Or, who at least, were English.”

“In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.”