For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended. (Alice Walker)

For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

Alice Walker

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