The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of the Little Flower (with Supplemental Reading: Classics Made Simple) [Illustrated]

by Thérèse of Lisieux

I remember a man and his wife on the beach asking Father if I belonged to him and saying I was very beautiful. I felt rather pleased at hearing this because I had not thought I was, but Father stopped them from paying me any more compliments. As you had always taken great care to say nothing which might destroy my childlike simplicity and I thought no end of you, I attached little value to their admiring words and glances and thought no more about the matter.