If only out of reverence for Him who made me.

The last post was so popular that I thought I would follow it up swiftly with another little piece that I happened to find as I searched for the previous quote. It is from the same book, one chapter previous. It made me laugh, not only because I thought of myself, but because it was so cute. It also made me think of how true it is, and how blessed I am to have this body that I have.

The last two lines are the quotable ones, I think. But again, I've included more for context.

"Heigho! 'Tis a good thing to be good-looking. And next best, perhaps, is downright ugliness,--nice, interesting, attractive ugliness--such as I have seen in some women: nay, I have somewhere read that ugly women have often been loved best.

But to be just ordinary; of ordinary height, ordinary figure, and, oh me! let me lift up my head from the desk to the looking-glass and take a good stare at an undeniably ordinary face. 'Tis not pleasant. Well; I am as I was made. Let me not undervalue myself, if only out of reverence for Him who made me."