To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

  • -- Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀

对于一个在人生的头十五年里相貌平平的姑娘来说,看上去几乎漂亮是一种获得了一种比从摇篮里就长得漂亮的姑娘所能得到的更大的快乐。