“God, buses are so ugly when you see them that close.”
“When you're too close to people, when you spend too much time with them and love them too dearly, sometimes you can't see them”
“When God created us, did he actually intend to make us so ugly?”
“You looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. Then you realized that it came from conviction, their conviction. It was as though some mysterious all-knowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question.”
“It's always easier,' he offered at last, 'when you feel these things yourself; seeing them in other people reveals just how ugly they are.”
“When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it”