such a pretty face --

Those you can laugh with and at, do stupid things together and even though they might not be there for you physically when you need them, you know they'll be there for you all the same at the end of the day. And that's how true friends should be. [:

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Beauty can be a friend who knows when to sit quietly by our side. It can be found in nature or in a stunning moment of self-recognition. Beauty can be found in one special person who knocks the breath from you because he or she is honest and unique. Maybe we need to reach our own conclusions about what is beautiful and give beauty breadth and scope, so we'll always find something to celebrate in ourselves and those around us.

The Ugly Duckling:

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That's not what it's really about. It's really about the difference between who you really are and who you're supposed to be, like, according to your family. So this guy, he was born to a family of ducks And he was suppose to be beautiful or cute or whatever, in a duckish way. Everyone expects him to be. But he's not, so they're disappointed in him until he finds out he's a swan. But he still cant hang out with his family. He has to get away from the other ducks and be beautiful among swans. It's just like us, like everyone.

My mom wants me to be pretty and well dressed in this really conservative, pale-pink way. She expects me to be, because she is. Like the ducks. She thinks I'm wrong because I'm not a duck. All of us, you and me and all our friends, are swans. We're beautiful or special or whatever when we're together, but not in the way our families want us to be. They cant see it, because they think we're supposed to be like them. That's what the story 's about.