sewed-in-the-seam

Updated: May 6, 2025

Then there's the one you read about, whose features are lighted up now and then by one of those rare, sweet smiles that make her plain face almost beautiful. But once in a while you find a woman who is ugly in any colour of the rainbow; who is ugly smiling or serious, talking or in repose, hair down low or hair done high just plain dyed-in-the-wool, sewed-in-the-seam homely. I'm that kind.

Edna Ferber - Cheerful—By Request