Famous quotes containing the words ugly and/or american:
“One must leave one’s parents early, especially one’s 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 American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)