a comforting thought.

So, I need to preface what I'm about to say. I do NOT want to sound conceited or egocentric or evil when I say these things. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm rather self-degrading, and so this might come as a shock to some.

Whenever someone would tell me that I had beautiful eyes, it was extremely bittersweet. Of course, it was nice to hear that I had pretty eyes. But it was a little disappointing hearing when guys would comment about how gorgeous another girl was. I had one nice feature, but the rest of me (my body, specifically) was unfortunate.

But then I thought...my body and the way it is right now is totally temporary. In 20 years, it'll look different. And in 20 years, the perfect bodies of other women will be different. Not necessarily worse, but just different. And eventually everyone's "good looks" will fade with their age. But you know what...?

I'll always have my eyes.

(Unless by some chance, Fawkes flies into my room thinking I'm a basilisk and pokes them out with his beak.)