"Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while."

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This quotation examines the core nature of Beauty as articulated by Meg Cabot. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Beauty provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Meg Cabot

Meggin Patricia Cabot is an American novelist. She has written and published over 80 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series The Princess Diaries, which was later adapted by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films. Cabot has been the recipient of numerous book awards, including the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, the American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, the Tennessee Volunteer State TASL Book Award, the Book Sense Pick, the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, and the IRA/CBC Young Adult Choice. She has also had number-one New York Times bestsellers, and more than 25 million copies of her books are in print across the world.

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"My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!"

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"Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying around the pool reading 'U.S. Weekly.' I have tried many hobbies, such as knitting, Pilates, ballet, yoga, and guitar, but none of them have taken."

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"When you feel like an outsider - for whatever reason - you spend a lot of time alone."

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"If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen."

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"I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful."

— Michael Gambon
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"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution."

— J. K. Rowling
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"You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing."

— Dan Hawkins
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"I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest."

— Jennifer Egan
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