Marie Manilla > Quotes

“Mom held me towards them. "Isn't she beautiful? Isn't she absolutely beautiful?"
Perhaps it was hormones talking; more likely, those were the words of a desperate woman who couldn't fathom the monster she had knit together in her room. But I was her monster, and if she didn't claim me, nobody would.”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

“but as my years on the planet have taught me, everyone needs someone to kick. Thus,”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

“The worst were the parents who brought their perfectly fine children, wanting only smaller pores or fairer complexions. I raised my fist and shouted: “Love your children! If you don’t, you will rue the day!”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

“There is a kind of beauty in her birthmarks, God’s holy design imprinted on her skin.”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

“Sweetwater, West Virginia, a lowly site for a saint, but no lowlier than a straw-lined manger.”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly

“Souls need no finery. Wounds will do. She”
― Marie Manilla, The Patron Saint of Ugly