LORIANN (my opinion doesn't mean much, but ...)

“Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.”
― Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit”
― Margery Williams Bianco, The Velveteen Rabbit: The Classic Edition

“Just when you think life is stable, the unknown strikes out of nowhere, and your entire world is poisoned, and you don’t know if life will ever be right again.”
― Viola Shipman, The Edge of Summer”
― Viola Shipman, The Edge of Summer