Wanderer: You don't really feel that way about me you know. It's this body... she's pretty isn't she? Ian: She is. Melanie is a very pretty girl. Even beautiful. But pretty as she is, she is a stranger to me. She's not the one I... care about. Wanderer: It's this body. Ian: That's not true at all. It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what they say. It's not how you look like in that body, it's what you do with it. You are beautiful.
Stephenie MeyerHe was right โ she was beating herself up about hurting his feelings. The girl was a classic martyr. Sheโd totally been born in the wrong century. She should have lived back when she could have gotten herself fed to some lions for a good cause.
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