“When I tried to imagine being beautiful, I could only imagine living without the perpetual fear of being alone, without the great burden of isolation, which is what feeling ugly felt like.” FeelingsBeautifulFeltImagineBurdenUglyIsolationPerpetualBeing BeautifulFear Of Being Alone Book:Autobiography of a Face Source: Autobiography of a Face
“Anxiety and anticipation, I was to learn, are the essential ingredients in suffering from pain, as opposed to feeling pain pure and simple.” FeelingsPainSufferingSimplePureEssentialsAnxietyIngredientsAnticipationFeeling Pain Book:Autobiography of a Face Source: Autobiography of a Face
“I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison.” YearsDifferentFactsFeelingsPainFiveTragedyCancerUglyTreatedFive YearsComparisonMinorsFifteenFifteen YearsGreat Tragedy Author:Lucy Grealy
