Famous quotes containing the words ugly and/or american:
“One must leave ones parents early, especially ones mother. Mothers are never any good for their daughters. They forget they were just as ugly and silly and scraggy when they were little girls.”
—Robert, Mrs. Henrey (b. 1906)
“The novel is, or may be, among the mightiest instruments for swaying the heart and guiding the lives of men.”
—P., U.S. womens magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 357-9 (August 1828)