Ugly Quotes

“Some of the best talks I have ever had started with someone asking "This might seem rude, but can I ask about your face/nose/scars/bumps?" Wherever those conversations ended up, they started as honest exchanges. Acknowledging someone's differences can be about saying you're not scared to talk to someone about the things that make them who they are.”
― Robert Hoge, Ugly

“Our faces let us look out and know others and let them know us.”
― Robert Hoge, Ugly

“Humans are like social Legos. We connect together with families. We build lives with friends. On our own, we're just one piece. When we come together in groups, we make amazing things. Our admission ticket into these groups is not our thoughts or our feelings. Our faces are our tickets. Our faces lets us look out and know others and let them know us.”
― Robert Hoge, Ugly

“teasing me about it. And my first response was to hide it all away, bury it.”
― Robert Hoge, Ugly

“Humans are like social Legos. We connect together with families. We build lives with friends. On our own, we're just one piece. When we come together in groups, we make amazing things.”
― Robert Hoge, Ugly

“kids”
― Robert Hoge, Ugly

“Hey, Toe Nose,” he said. “Get stuffed, Ben,” I said. “Original,” he said. “Original like your nose.” “You only just worked out that my nose is like this?” “It’s been obvious for a while,” Ben said. “No joke,” I said. “I don’t know how you cope with a nose like that—it’s all big and round and squishy.” “Really,” I said. “Taken a look at your own nose anytime recently? It’s pretty huge.” He did, in fact, have a rather large nose. Ben scoffed something under his breath and walked out of the classroom. It wasn’t the end of it as far as I was concerned. Instead of finishing my homework, I grabbed an exercise book, ripped a page out and set about drawing a portrait of Ben. In profile. It wasn’t the most lifelike portrait, but I absolutely nailed one part of it—his nose. It took up half the page, emerging from his face like a massive mountain. I colored in his hair, drew on ears and lips, but the nose got special attention—it was giant, pendulous, overpowering. I drew gaping nostrils, then held my artistic creation up and smiled. It was beautiful. But it was missing something, something to give it scale and put the size of the nose in context. I drew several spaceships entering and leaving his cavernous nostrils, like they were docking at a spaceport. I titled it “Spaceport Ben” and slipped it into his desk. Proud of myself, I went to lunch and promptly forgot about it.”
― Robert Hoge, Ugly