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

    Joyce Carol Oates: He was ugly, himself. Weird-ugly. But ugliness in a man doesn't matter, much. Ugliness in a woman is her life.
    Joyce Carol Oates (2009). “Faithless: Tales of Transgression”, p.30, Harper Collins