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In high school, I was close with someone who was facially disfigured. (Her face had been virtually destroyed when her family was killed in Vietnam.) She taught me that what hurts is when people are so repulsed that they look away or try to shield their children from the "trauma" of seeing her. She prefers someone looking and asking questions, as opposed to being treated like a leper.
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We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
Mark Twain
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